From a sandy beach, we look across a sun-drenched body of water enclosed by a long, sand-colored, crenelated wall in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted, especially in the beach closer to us and in the water, which is a blend of aquamarine blue and honeydew green. The beach has a few areas of celery-green growth. The shoreline stretches away along the left side of the painting, back to an area with emerald-green trees. A few boats, painted with swipes of black and peanut brown, are pulled up to the beach near the trees. Spanning the right two-thirds of the…
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The Western Ramparts at Aigues-Mortes

Frédéric Bazille (French, 1841 - 1870)

1867

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 60 x 100 cm (23 5/8 x 39 3/8 in.) ; framed: 78.7 x 116.2 x 7 cm (31 x 45 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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