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Hillside at Étretat

George Inness

National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a rural landscape with a shepherdess tending to a flock of sheep on a tree-lined dirt path. She is facing away from us and wears a blue skirt with a white shirt and a white bonnet covering her hair. A green, grassy hillside with trees and grazing cattle is seen to the right, and the background on the left shows green fields and white cliffs under a cloudy sky.

Artwork Details

Date
1876
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30725 × 20321 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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