Landscape with Ducks
The Met
Artist: Charles-François Daubigny(French, Paris 1817–1878 Paris)
Date: 1872
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 15 x 26 1/2 in. (38.1 x 67.3 cm)
Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A river landscape with dark trees, a cloudy sky, figures by water, and birds
Detailed Description
A river landscape is depicted under a cloudy sky. The upper third shows a heavily clouded sky, rendered in muted tones of gray, brown, and hints of soft orange and pink, particularly towards the right. Below the sky, a dark, dense line of trees and foliage stretches across the middle ground, with taller, more prominent trees on the left and center, some showing bare branches against the sky. The river occupies the lower two-thirds, its dark surface reflecting the muted colors of the sky and the silhouettes of the trees. On the far bank, near the center, a small group of figures are gathered by the water's edge, their forms indistinct. Further right, the distant bank is shrouded in a light mist. In the lower left foreground, a patch of green grass slopes down to the water, where several small white birds, appearing to be ducks or geese, are visible on the bank and in the water. The overall palette is subdued.
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