The Pyrenees, the Peak of the Midi de Bigorre

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Artist: Narcisse Diaz de la Peña (French, 1807–1876)
Date: 1871–1872
Medium: oil on wood panel
Dimensions: unframed: height 0.212 m, width 0.27 m
Origin: France, 19th century
Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Holding institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
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Sooted Timber · Brown family · #392413 · 27%

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Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #7F8E90 · 3%

Delft Glaze · Blue family · #2874A6 · 2%

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Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #7C8B87 · 1%

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Press Black · Black family · #151316 · <1%

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Lead Type · Gray family · #747986 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #4A444A · <1%

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Image provider: cleveland-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Severance and Greta Millikin Collection

9 tags

Landscapes Visual · 99%

The composition is dominated by an expansive mountainous view, with wooded and open terrain in the foreground leading toward a snow-covered range.
Atmospheric Landscapes Visual · 97%

The distant mountain ridges are rendered in softened blue-gray and white layers, creating a pronounced sense of atmospheric recession.

Earth Tones Visual · 97%

The foreground is dominated by deep browns, ochres, muted greens, and other warm natural hues, contrasted with cooler blues and whites in the mountains and sky.

Painting Metadata · 100%

The museum classifies the object as a painting.
Oil Painting Metadata · 100%

The catalog explicitly identifies the medium as oil on wood panel.
Oil on Panel Metadata · 100%

The catalog explicitly identifies wood panel as the support.
Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 93%

Broad, broken strokes are visibly used across the foreground, vegetation, and mountain passages rather than a uniformly smooth finish.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The Cleveland Museum of Art dates the work to 1871–1872, placing it in the nineteenth century.

French Art Metadata · 99%

The artist is identified as French and the place of origin is recorded as France, nineteenth century.

Narcisse Diaz de la Peña (French, 1807–1876). The Pyrenees, the Peak of the Midi de Bigorre. Cleveland Museum of Art.