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This is a painting of an outdoor scene with a group of people gathered in front of a blue-gray wooden building with a dark door and two windows. Sunflowers grow on either side of the entrance, stretching up to the windows. The ground is painted in patches of tan, brown, and gray, perhaps indicating stone steps or a path. To the left of center is a group of shapes and colors that suggest four or five people gathered together on the ground. The people are painted with rough brushstrokes and have no distinct details or facial features. Their clothes are painted in shades of white, tan, gray,…
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Sketch of a Cottage Yard

painter Winslow Homer (American, 1836 - 1910)

c. 1876

Medium
oil on academy board
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 26 × 36.8 cm (10 1/4 × 14 1/2 in.) ; framed: 37.1 × 49.5 × 5.1 cm (14 5/8 × 19 1/2 × 2 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, William A. Clark Fund and through the gift of Orme Wilson, 1961)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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