The painting shows a coastal landscape from an elevated point of view. A structure resembling a thatched-roof cottage is on the right, partially obscured by the rolling green hills that take up the bottom right area of the painting. On the hills there is a thin dirt path and a line of gray stones leading to the cottage. The land slopes down to the water on the left, where the grassy hills become a reddish-brown color that transitions into light yellow sand. The water is light green by the coast, with darker blue water in the background. The sky is light blue with white clouds. The…
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The Island of Raguenez, Brittany

painter Henri Moret (French, 1856 - 1913)

1890/1895

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 54 x 64.8 cm (21 1/4 x 25 1/2 in.) ; framed: 78.9 x 90.5 x 10.2 cm (31 1/16 x 35 5/8 x 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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