Figures in the Woods

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Artist: Adolphe Monticelli (French, 1824–1886)
Date: c. 1857–1862
Medium: oil on fabric
Dimensions: unframed: height 0.462 m, width 0.375 m
Origin: France, 19th century
Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Holding institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Palette: Sooted Timber · Brown family · #381911 · 35%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #582617 · 13%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #703C1E · 12%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #4C150F · 10%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #93643F · 10%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C4A57E · 5%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #422C16 · 4%

Charred Umber · Black family · #211813 · 3%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #651B10 · 3%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #373019 · 3%

Lampblack · Black family · #130E09 · <1%

Carbon Ground · Black family · #192219 · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #872A0B · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #A54B1A · <1%

Midnight Indigo · Black family · #19181D · <1%

Saffron Blaze · Orange family · #DA8C3B · <1%

Laurel Cloth · Green family · #536E59 · <1%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #8E9C80 · <1%

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Image provider: cleveland-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade

11 tags

Figures in Nature Visual · 99%

Multiple human figures are visibly arranged among trees, foliage, and ground vegetation.
Human Figure Visual · 98%

The composition includes several visibly rendered human bodies and faces, without a clearly identifiable individual subject.
Landscapes Visual · 98%

Trees, undergrowth, and a wooded clearing occupy most of the composition and establish a landscape setting.

Dark Colors Visual · 99%

Deep reds, browns, greens, and near-black passages dominate the woodland, creating a predominantly dark tonal range.
Rough Visual · 96%

The image shows irregular, tactile, broken strokes and scumbled passages across foliage, clothing, and ground.
Dense Composition Visual · 96%

Overlapping figures, tree forms, shadows, and vegetation create a crowded, layered arrangement.

Painting Metadata · 99%

The Cleveland Museum of Art classifies the work as a painting.
Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the medium as oil on fabric.
Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 97%

Loose, energetic brush marks are especially apparent in the foliage and garments, where contours remain broken and indistinct.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The work is dated c. 1857–1862, within the nineteenth century.

French Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the artist as French and the place of origin as France, nineteenth century.

Adolphe Monticelli (French, 1824–1886). Figures in the Woods. Cleveland Museum of Art.