Landscape
Narcisse Diaz de la Peña · c. 1860 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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This is a rare watercolor by Narcisse Diaz, who worked primarily in oil. The view is likely from the forest of Fontainebleau, near the village of Barbizon. In the 1830s, Diaz and other painters like Jean-François Millet frequently painted there, out of doors, directly from nature.
The museum’s own description, in English. Licence: CC0
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Details
- Maker
- Narcisse Diaz de la Peña (French, 1807–1876)
- Date
- c. 1860
- Medium
- watercolor and gouache with pen and brown ink and graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 15 x 22.8 cm (5 7/8 x 9 in.)
- Place of origin
- France
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
