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Hackensack Meadows

Jasper Francis Cropsey

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a landscape with a body of water in the foreground. A group of cows stand in the water on the right side. The cows are brown and white. There are trees on the right side of the image, and more trees and grassy areas across the water. In the background, there are buildings and smokestacks to the left and sailboats in the middle. The sky is cloudy and gray. The overall color palette is muted, with shades of brown, green, and gray. A grassy area with trees and vegetation borders the water on both sides.

Artwork details

Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 345 px
Museum record:
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