Steep, rocky cliffs span the right two-thirds of this horizontal painting in front of a distant landscape to the left. A brown stone fortress or castle, with crenellated walls and few visible windows, is built at the edge of the cliff at the center of the image. To the right and higher up on the hill are more reddish-brown stone ruins with tall, narrow towers, also partially overgrown with vegetation. Closer to us and in the bottom right corner of the painting, a person with light skin wearing a brimmed hat and tan and brown clothing stands among several goats and looks out to the left. Some…
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View of the Castello di San Giuliano, near Trapani, Sicily

painter Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont (French, 1790 - 1870)

c. 1824/1826

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 22.9 x 29.9 cm (9 x 11 3/4 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
Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed

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