This painting displays a forest with tall trees and a body of water at the bottom. At the center of the painting is a group of grazing cows. On the right, a person rests against a tree near the cows and appears to be playing a flute. On the left there is a clearing in the distance seen through the trees where there appears to be a tall statue surrounded by more people who are dancing around it. The trees almost obscure the sky, although fluffy white clouds peek through a small opening. The trees in the bottom-left corner are dark, while the clearing in the background illuminated.

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Woodland Scene with Nymphs and a Herm

painter Jean-Victor Bertin (French, 1767 - 1842)

c. 1810

Medium: oil on canvas
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall: 15.9 x 21.3 cm (6 1/4 x 8 3/8 in.)
Culture: French
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line: Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Adult profiles and older: its museum's description or title mentions nudity. How works are placed

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