Laveuses au bord de l’Oise près de Valmondois

Millet, Daubigny et Barbizon, 1865

This painting shows a tranquil river scene with a distant horizon on the left showing rolling landscapes, trees, and small brown buildings across calm water. Closest to us, on the left, clusters of trees with dark branches hang over the water, casting reflections on the water's gray surface. There appear to be two people at the edge of the water who are kneeling down, but the details are unclear. The sky is light blue with small white clouds drifting across it. The color palette includes deep greens, browns, blues, and whites, and the brushstrokes are visible, with long, thick strokes for the sky and background, and shorter, dotted ones in the trees.
Artiste
Millet, Daubigny et Barbizon
Datation
1865
Catégorie
Peinture
Technique
Huile sur bois
Dimensions
24 × 46 cm
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Domaine public, CC0

Description de l’image

This painting shows a tranquil river scene with a distant horizon on the left showing rolling landscapes, trees, and small brown buildings across calm water. Closest to us, on the left, clusters of trees with dark branches hang over the water, casting reflections on the water's gray surface. There appear to be two people at the edge of the water who are kneeling down, but the details are unclear. The sky is light blue with small white clouds drifting across it. The color palette includes deep greens, browns, blues, and whites, and the brushstrokes are visible, with long, thick strokes for the sky and background, and shorter, dotted ones in the trees.

Millet, Daubigny et Barbizon