This painting shows a landscape with a curving path leading away from us towards left and then back towards the center of the composition, with rolling hills and a blue sky in the distance. A distant house is seen in the hills on the right, with gray walls and a red roof. Dark trees are visible along the path, contrasting with the bright green and yellow fields on either side. On the far left, the black silhouettes of some people appear to walk down the path. In the center, behind the hills, there is a patch of pale yellow swirls in the blue sky, perhaps indicating sunlight, clouds, or smoke.

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Stylized Landscape

American 19th Century

second half 19th century

Medium: oil on canvas
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall: 70.5 x 105.4 cm (27 3/4 x 41 1/2 in.) ; framed: 88.6 x 124.4 x 3.8 cm (34 7/8 x 49 x 1 1/2 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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