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This is a painting of a woman reaching to pick a water lily from a pond. She is crouching atop a fallen log, leaning over to submerge her right hand in the water. She wears a long gray dress with a striped, brown cloth in the front like an apron, with a white cloth tied around her neck. She has pale skin and dark brown hair tied in an updo. As her face is pointed downward towards the water, her facial features are mostly obscured. In her left hand, she holds a cluster of other water lilies. The water surrounding the log is speckled with lily pads, more white lilies, and tall reeds. The water…

Gathering Lilies

Eastman Johnson (American, 1824 - 1906)

1865 · oil on board

National Gallery of Art · Paul Mellon Fund and Gift of Jo Ann and Julian Ganz, Jr. in Memory of Margaret and Raymond Horowitz

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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