# A Bleaching Field

- By: Jacob Maris (The Hague, 1837–1899)
- Date: 1870
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 12 cm
- Credit line: Gift of the heirs of W.J. van Randwijk, The Hague
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2703--934ad122c34ca3235a98fa0dea231732)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/f8197f7cda1f0b40b2ff69e5132afb08.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Women are busy doing laundry near a French village church. One of them spreads the linen on the bleaching field, while another fetches water from the pump. Maris divided the space into three areas by placing a fence between the women and an autumnal-brown hedge before the church. The saplings’ delicate branches reinforce the horizontal lines of the composition.