Hudson River Scene
The Met
Artist: French or American Artist (possibly Victor de Grailly, Paris, 1804–1889)
Date: 1830–50
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 10 x 12 in. (25.4 x 30.5 cm)
Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A lake with a white sailboat, dark green trees, distant mountains, and a cloudy sky
Detailed Description
A landscape painting depicts a wide lake framed by land and mountains under a cloudy sky. The sky is light blue with large, white, fluffy clouds, particularly prominent in the upper left and right. Dark green and blue-gray mountains rise in the background, receding in layers across the horizon. The calm, blue-gray lake occupies the midground, reflecting the sky and distant land. A white sailboat with a triangular sail is positioned slightly to the right of the center on the water, with two smaller, indistinct white shapes further left. On the left, a dark, tree-covered bank slopes down to the water, featuring large, dark green trees with visible trunks. Closer to the water's edge, two dark, rounded shapes, possibly animals, are partially submerged. The immediate foreground on the left is dark brown earth with sparse, reddish-brown bushes. On the right, a steep, dark bank with dense, dark green trees rises. In the lower right corner, a small figure, possibly a person, is seated on the dark brown ground, holding a long, thin pole extending into the water. Sparse, reddish-brown bushes are also present in the right foreground.
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