This painting shows a landscape seen from an elevated view. Fields dotted with small trees line a hill that reaches up towards the horizon, below a blue sky full of white, puffy clouds. The fields on the hill are different shades of green and brown, with some rectangles painted in bright yellow. Closer to us, at the base of the hill, a brown shape on the left suggests a structure. There is also a gray shape in the bottom right corner, topped with a line of bright orange. Thick, swirling brushstrokes create texture in the fields and clouds.

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Landscape of the Ile-de-France

painter Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868 - 1940)

c. 1894

Medium: oil on cardboard
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall: 19.7 x 25.3 cm (7 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.) ; framed: 34 x 39.7 x 4.4 cm (13 3/8 x 15 5/8 x 1 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: Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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