New England Village
This painting shows a village nestled in hills and trees with a cloudy blue sky at the top. Closest to us are simple white buildings, some with white spires and others with red and brown roofs, surrounded by tall trees. In the distance there are hills, smaller trees, and sailboats on a body of water on the right. The artwork has visible brushstrokes, and the buildings are simple and flat. The color palette is earthy, with soft greens, warm tans, and light whites and yellows.
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Details
- Artist
- American 19th Century
- Date
- early 19th century
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- overall: 31.5 x 65 cm (12 3/8 x 25 9/16 in.) framed: 37.5 x 70.6 cm (14 3/4 x 27 13/16 in.)
- Department
- CAB
- Holding institution
- National Gallery of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- national-gallery-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes and Waterscapes Both · 99%
The title identifies a New England village, and the image visibly presents a settled landscape of buildings, wooded hills, and water.
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Nautical Visual · 98%
Three sailing vessels with raised sails are clearly depicted on the body of water at the right.
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Rural Life Both · 94%
The title identifies a village, and the image shows a non-urban settlement of domestic and civic buildings distributed across a hilly landscape.
Styles and Movements
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19th Century American Art Metadata · 93%
The museum's artist/display label is “American 19th Century,” and the work is dated to the early nineteenth century. This supports a broad nineteenth-century American-art classification rather than a named artistic movement.
Visual Qualities
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Flatness Visual · 88%
The buildings and landscape are rendered with simplified, relatively flat shapes and strong outlines, especially in the repeated windows, roofs, and hill patterns.
Medium and Techniques
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Oil Painting Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifies the medium as oil on wood, and the image visibly shows a painted surface.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The museum dates the work to the early nineteenth century, with date bounds of 1800–1849.
Geographic Regions
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American Art Metadata · 96%
The museum catalog identifies the artist/display designation as “American 19th Century,” supporting a broad American-art regional classification.
Materials
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Wood Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifies wood as the support material.
Source & rights
American 19th Century. New England Village. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.
High-resolution sources
- IIIF image service ↗ 6,870 × 3,292 · National Gallery Of Art · Available