Path Near the Pond of Vipers, Fontainebleau Forest

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Artist: Narcisse Diaz de la Peña (French, 1807–1876)
Date: c. 1860s
Medium: oil on wood panel
Dimensions: unframed: height 0.267 m, width 0.362 m
Origin: France, 19th century
Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Holding institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Palette: Olive Ground · Yellow family · #82795E · 30%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #27170A · 24%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #4A300E · 16%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #A99973 · 11%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #634F2A · 6%

Parchment Ochre · Yellow family · #C1AC81 · 5%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #675F49 · 3%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #8A6B2E · 3%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #956B16 · 1%

Press Black · Black family · #17190F · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #31362B · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #140D13 · <1%

Lead Type · Gray family · #747C6F · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3A4641 · <1%

Iron Gall Black · Black family · #161C19 · <1%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #480903 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #806A5D · <1%

Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #7A4F49 · <1%

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

9 tags

Landscapes Both · 99%

The title identifies Fontainebleau Forest, and the image clearly depicts an expansive wooded outdoor landscape with a receding path.
Nature Visual · 98%

The natural environment—trees, sky, rocks, grasses, and open terrain—dominates the composition.
Atmospheric Landscapes Both · 93%

Softly modeled distance, a hazy horizon, and a luminous, clouded sky create an atmospheric landscape effect.
Human Figure Both · 95%

A very small human figure is visible on the central path; the catalog identifies the subject as male.

Earth Tones Visual · 98%

The image is dominated by ochers, umbers, dark greens, muted golds, and brown-black shadows.

Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The museum catalog identifies the medium as oil on wood panel.
Oil on Panel Metadata · 99%

The museum catalog specifically records the support as a wood panel.

19th Century Art Metadata · 98%

The work is cataloged as dating to approximately the 1860s.

French Art Metadata · 99%

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

Narcisse Diaz de la Peña (French, 1807–1876). Path Near the Pond of Vipers, Fontainebleau Forest. Cleveland Museum of Art.