The Windmill

The Windmill

Jules Dupré

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Details

Date
late 1850s
Medium
oil on fabric
Dimensions
framed: height 0.8 m, width 1.065 m, depth 0.075 m; unframed: height 0.652 m, width 0.923 m
Holding institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Image provider
cleveland-museum-of-art
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade

Art Genome Taxonomy

7 tags

Subject Matter

  • Landscapes Visual · 99%

    The image clearly depicts an open rural landscape with a windmill as its dominant architectural feature.

  • Atmospheric Landscapes Visual · 95%

    The broad cloud-filled sky, softened horizon, and blended transitions of light create an atmospheric landscape effect.

Visual Qualities

  • Earth Tones Visual · 97%

    The painting is dominated by ochre, umber, muted olive, and deep brown tones.

  • Dark Colors Visual · 95%

    The windmill, vegetation, and foreground are rendered in very dark values against a lighter sky.

Medium and Techniques

  • Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

    The catalog specifies the medium as oil on fabric.

Time Periods

  • 19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The Cleveland Museum of Art dates the work to the late 1850s, within the nineteenth century.

Geographic Regions

  • French Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog identifies the artist as French and gives the place of origin as France, 19th century.

Source & rights

Jules Dupré (French, 1811–1889). The Windmill. Cleveland Museum of Art.

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