The painting depicts a winter scene. The horizon is in the top third of the image, with a line of dark evergreen trees below a sky of soft blues and hints of yellow. Closer to us, a flat expanse of land with several buildings on it is covered in snow. A woman and child on the right stand near a house with chickens nearby. The chickens fill the snow, and the woman is turned to the left, one arm outstretched towards them and the other holding a large bowl. The child is behind her legs, looking back at a small cat or dog that stands on the right. The woman and child are in front of a low,…
Gallery mode Full size at the museum

Window mode follows your eyes with your camera, in this browser only: no picture or position leaves your device.

New England Farm in Winter

painter American 19th Century

1850 or after

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 59.7 x 97.8 cm (23 1/2 x 38 1/2 in.) ; framed: 78.1 x 115.6 x 6.6 cm (30 3/4 x 45 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
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

View at the National Gallery of Art