The image shows a quarry with workers at various levels, with a sloped embankment covered by a fence. There are men working on different tasks, some standing among stone blocks, two horses harnessed to a cart, workers on scaffolding, and rough stone walls. The painting features precise brushstrokes for textures and a sky depicted with blended strokes. The color palette includes earthy tones for the natural elements and muted blues and grays for the sky.
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The Quarry of Monsieur Pascal near Nanterre

painter Jean-Charles Cazin (French, 1841 - 1901)

c. 1875

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 71.12 × 91.44 cm (28 × 36 in.) ; framed: 99.38 × 119.7 × 8.26 cm (39 1/8 × 47 1/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Gift of Ian and Annette Cumming
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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