Winter in the Country
Winter and Christmas, c. 1859
- Artist
- Winter and Christmas
- Date
- c. 1859
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 66.7 × 92.1 cm
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art, Washington
- Licence
- Public domain, CC0
Image description
This painting shows a winter landscape with snowy, rural terrain. It includes a large barn, a farmhouse, and some bare trees covered in snow. Some brown cows are fenced in by the barn on the left, and a person walking along a snowy path brings them a bundle of golden hay. The sky is overcast, with dark gray clouds, and the color palette of the painting consists of earth tones with variations of grey and brown among the white snow.