This painting depicts a landscape view from an elevated point, showing a village of white buildings with red and white roofs atop rolling green hills. The buildings are spread throughout the painting, with one white tower with a cross to the right of center. Thin brown paths and white fences crisscross the green land between the houses. The sky is overcast with light gray and hints of blue.

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Twenty-two Houses and a Church

American 19th Century

mid 19th century

Medium: water-based medium on canvas
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall: 61.2 x 76.5 cm (24 1/8 x 30 1/8 in.) ; framed: 79 x 94.9 x 9.8 cm (31 1/8 x 37 3/8 x 3 7/8 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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