A sand-colored riverbank stretches in front of us to meet an arched bridge that spans a pale blue river to our right in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted so many details are indistinct. A retaining wall extends toward us from the abutment of the bridge, where it meets the land. About halfway along the shore, a group of people painted with a few strokes of gray, pink, brown, and white gather near the water. The bridge continues off the right edge of the painting and reflects in the rippling, pale water below. To our left, a bank of fern green, suggesting grasses…
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Bridge on the Saône River at Mâcon

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796 - 1875)

1834

Medium
oil on paper on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 25 x 33.6 cm (9 13/16 x 13 1/4 in.) ; framed: 48.6 x 56.5 x 6.4 cm (19 1/8 x 22 1/4 x 2 1/2 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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