Willows on the Banks of the Loire
Henri-Joseph Harpignies
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Harpignies takes a stand of willow trees as his subject for this sketch, focusing on their distinctive squat trunks and spindly branches, which he traces with long, linear brushstrokes. In contrast to the wispy tree limbs, the pillowy clouds and green foliage are painted thickly in white, yellow, and green.
Caption
Henri-Joseph Harpignies (French, 1819–1916). Willows on the Banks of the Loire, 1893. Oil on canvas, 13 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (34.3 × 24.1 cm) frame: 24 7/8 × 20 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (63.2 × 52.1 × 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Robert B. Woodward, 15.332. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Gallery
Not on view
Artist
Title
Willows on the Banks of the Loire
Date
1893
Geography
Place made: France
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
13 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (34.3 × 24.1 cm) frame: 24 7/8 × 20 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (63.2 × 52.1 × 6.4 cm)
Signatures
Signed and dated lower left: "hj harpignies 93"
Credit Line
Bequest of Robert B. Woodward
Accession Number
15.332
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