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A Seascape with Two Sail Boats

John Constable

National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a seascape with a tall sailboat visible on the left. The horizon is low in the image, creating a vast sky. In the distance on the right, there is a faint outline of another sailboat. The color scheme is soft, including shades of blue along and the beige of the underlying paper showing through. The sky has soft, rolling clouds, and the green-blue sea shows gentle waves. The brushstrokes in the painting are loose and visible.

Artwork Details

Medium
watercolor and graphite (in the sailboat at left) on beige laid paper
Dimensions
4872 × 3100 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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