The painting depicts a rural farmstead. On the left, two horses stand near a gray wooden barn, with cows standing and sitting on the right in front of a fenced-in green field. The ground below the animals is brown, with patches of yellow, green, and cream. There is a white two-story house with blue shutters and a white picket fence in the distance. The sky is grayish-blue with light clouds. Trees around the house and barn show hints of green and brown.
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The Barnyard

Amzi Emmons Zeliff (American, 1831 - 1915)

late 19th century

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 60.9 x 82 cm (24 x 32 5/16 in.) ; framed: 77.1 x 97.5 x 6.6 cm (30 3/8 x 38 3/8 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

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