The Siesta

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Artist: Albert Besnard (French, 1849–1934)
Date: c. 1890 – 1920
Medium: oil on board
Dimensions: framed: height 0.952 m, width 0.848 m, depth 0.07 m; unframed: height 0.655 m, width 0.537 m
Origin: France, 19th century
Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Holding institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Palette: Pine Needle · Green family · #44684F · 33%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #5B5D34 · 12%

Mossed Limestone · Green family · #6C8767 · 9%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #9A9973 · 9%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #75653F · 9%

Pine Needle · Green family · #254028 · 7%

Seaworn Fresco · Teal family · #59858D · 6%

Pine Needle · Green family · #2C4E3A · 5%

Flax Ground · Yellow family · #CEC0A5 · 3%

Moss Fresco · Green family · #647A35 · 2%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #8D6850 · 2%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #9E9C2E · <1%

Herbarium Green · Green family · #7A8521 · <1%

Duck Egg Slip · Teal family · #9BBDC6 · <1%

Pine Needle · Green family · #13291A · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #334349 · <1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #59635E · <1%

Graphite Block · Gray family · #4D5058 · <1%

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Image provider: cleveland-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. Woods, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer

12 tags

Nude Visual · 97%

A reclining, apparently unclothed male figure is clearly visible in the lower-right foreground.
Figures in Nature Both · 90%

The figure is visibly placed within dense vegetation and a natural outdoor setting; the title The Siesta supports the depiction of a person resting in nature.
Leisure Both · 96%

The title The Siesta and the figure’s reclining pose directly support a scene of rest or leisure.
Landscapes Visual · 86%

Vegetation, open ground, pale birds, and a possible waterside area dominate the composition rather than an interior or architectural setting.
Animals Visual · 90%

Several pale, swan-like bird forms are visible in the lower-left and central portions of the image.

Blurred Visual · 90%

Contours and spatial boundaries soften and dissolve into an atmospheric field of green and blue-green paint, particularly in the middle and upper areas.
Dark Colors Visual · 87%

Deep greens, blue-greens, muted browns, and ochres dominate the image, despite brighter yellow and pale accents.

Painting Metadata · 99%

The Cleveland Museum of Art classifies the work as a painting and identifies its medium as oil on board.
Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the medium as oil on board.
Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 95%

The painted surface shows conspicuous, energetic, directional strokes throughout the foliage, ground, water-like areas, and figure.
Impasto Visual · 82%

Raised, thickly applied passages are visible in parts of the sky, birds, foliage, and foreground figure, consistent with an impasto-like surface treatment.

French Art Metadata · 99%

The artist and place of origin are recorded as French and France, respectively.

Albert Besnard (French, 1849–1934). The Siesta. Cleveland Museum of Art.