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This painting shows a young woman lying on her stomach on a brown, rocky surface near the water's edge, looking towards the sea. The woman's bare feet are towards the bottom left corner of the painting, while her head is in the center, resting on her hand. She faces the right, and we see her back and side. She wears a pale green shirt with blue sleeves, a brown skirt, and a white cloth on her head. There is a red cloth on the ground next to her, as well as a pointed wooden stick that appears to be covered in white strips of cloth or feathers. The ground below her on the right is a tan, sandy…

The Cliff (La Falaise)

Jules Breton (French, 1827 - 1906)

1874 · oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art · Gift of Eric, Nicole, Elijah, Elodie and Luke Weider

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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