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We look slightly down onto a rocky, natural stone arch next to a cave opening, both perched on a high, grassy cliff in front of a shimmering, aquamarine-blue body of water in this horizontal landscape painting. The arch is situated to our left of center, and the cave beyond the gaping opening extends off the left side of the canvas. In tones of ash and caramel brown, the jagged arch and outcroppings are lit from our left so deep shadows are cast along crevasses to our right. Shadow also sweeps across the emerald-green grass at the base of the arch and cave. A few more serrated rocks poke out…

Natural Arch at Capri

William Stanley Haseltine (American, 1835 - 1900)

1871 · oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art · Gift of Guest Services, Inc., in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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