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Three people gather around the doorway of a small cottage set in a sun-warmed yard in this almost square painting. At the center of the composition, the tan cottage has a faded, peach-tinged thatched roof and a window with an open shutter to the right of the door. The top half of the Dutch door is swung open, and a woman wearing a white cap and blue, low-cut garment leans her forearms along the bottom half from inside the structure. Two men flank the door. One stands to our left, looking at the woman in profile. He wears a straw-colored hat, white shirt, ruby-red vest, and dark pants. To our…

Cottage Scenery

George Caleb Bingham (American, 1811 - 1879)

1845 · oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art · Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund and Gifts of Charles C. Glover, Jr., Orme Wilson, and Mr. and Mrs. Lansdell K. Christie, 1961)

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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