This painting shows a man sitting on the ground in a woodland setting. On the right, light in the distance suggests an opening in the trees, which shows a small body of water with a white sailboat on it, barely visible through the foliage. The trees have dense leaves in shades of green, dark red, and burnt orange. In the center is an open green patch where the man sits on the left. He has pale skin, curly gray hair, and a gray beard. His eyes are wide, and one of his hands is raised to his head. He wears a brown jacket over a brown-green vest, red trousers, blue stockings, and brown shoes, a…
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Rip Van Winkle Awakening from his Long Sleep

painter Henry Inman (American, 1801 - 1846)

1823

Medium
oil on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 38.1 × 45.72 cm (15 × 18 in.) ; framed: 52.39 × 59.69 × 8.26 cm (20 5/8 × 23 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts
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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