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A row of structures and a massive weeping willow tree line the clay-orange riverbank opposite us in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is painted loosely with long, visible brushstrokes. Taking up much of the right side of the painting, the tree has emerald, moss, fern, and olive-green leaves with brown and purple trunk and roots. It casts long, gently rippling reflections in the water. The structures to our left are enclosed behind a terracotta-colored wall with a square tower. A second segment of wall, to our left, is charcoal gray. Trees grow up behind the structures. The sky…
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Banks of the Seine at Médan

Paul Cezanne (French, 1839 - 1906)

c. 1885/1890

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 73 x 92.3 cm (28 3/4 x 36 5/16 in.) ; framed: 120 x 101.3 x 10.8 cm (47 1/4 x 39 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce 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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