This painting depicts a scene where a winding path on the bottom left leads into a wooded area. Tall green trees occupy the left side of the painting, while on the right a small gap shows a hilly, dark blue horizon line with more green foliage and the red roof of a building. The sky above is light blue with dots of white and lilac purple. Across the bottom of the painting, a wooden fence lines a light brown path that leads through the woods. Near the bottom left corner, small strokes of paint suggest two people walking along the path away from us, one adult and one child. The color palette…
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The Road in the Woods

Alfred Sisley (French, 1839 - 1899)

1879

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 46.3 x 55.8 cm (18 1/4 x 21 15/16 in.) ; framed: 67.6 x 76.2 cm (26 5/8 x 30 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
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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