This painting shows a person sitting on a rocky outcrop, looking out over a vast landscape. The horizon is placed in the upper third of the composition, and the sky transitions from pale blue at the top of the painting to light yellow and then to pale pink. In the distance, rolling hills and valleys extend towards the horizon, painted in shades of cream, light blue, and pale green. Closest to us, there are large, rounded rocks scattered around in shades of pale yellow, pale pink, and light, reddish-brown. On the right, the rocky ground slants upward into a hill. A person in a white shirt,…
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Mount Desert Island, Maine

Jervis McEntee (American, 1828 - 1891)

1864

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 27.1 × 40.4 cm (10 11/16 × 15 7/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of John Wilmerding in honor of Jo Ann and Julian Ganz
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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