Native hut at Nassau
This painting shows a white thatched-roof house on open, sandy ground. The brown thatched roof of the house has some yellow grass poking through. People can be seen in the open doorway of the house, identifiable by spots of red, blue, and light-yellow clothing. Behind the house is lush green tropical foliage with a few tall palm trees. A rooster is visible on the sandy ground in front of the house next to a long, white object that may be a downed tree trunk. The sky is filled with large white cumulus clouds and patches of bright blue.
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Details
- Artist
- Winslow Homer
- Date
- 1885
- Dimensions
- sheet: 36.8 × 53.2 cm (14 1/2 × 20 15/16 in.)
- Department
- CG-W
- Holding institution
- National Gallery of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- national-gallery-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes Both · 98%
The image presents a dwelling, palms, dense vegetation, open sandy ground, and an expansive sky; the catalog describes the work as a Nassau hut scene with tropical foliage and palms.
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Flora Both · 99%
Tall palm trees and abundant leafy vegetation visibly surround the house, and the catalog specifically identifies tropical foliage and palms.
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Animals Both · 99%
A rooster is clearly visible in the foreground, and the catalog explicitly identifies a rooster on the sandy ground.
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Human Figure Both · 94%
Small human figures are visible in the open doorway, consistent with the catalog description of people identifiable by red, blue, and light-yellow clothing.
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Rural Life Visual · 80%
The scene centers on a modest dwelling, sandy yard, surrounding vegetation, and domestic outdoor space rather than an urban or monumental setting.
Visual Qualities
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Earth Tones Visual · 89%
The sandy foreground, thatched roof, and portions of the vegetation contain ochres, browns, muted greens, and gray-violet passages characteristic of an earthy range of colors.
Medium and Techniques
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Work on Paper Metadata · 99%
The work is classified as a drawing made on wove paper, and the dimensions are given as sheet measurements.
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Watercolor Both · 99%
The catalog specifies watercolor and graphite with scraping and blotting on wove paper; the image visibly contains transparent washes and darker linear passages.
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Stains/Washes Both · 90%
Irregular translucent washes and blot-like passages are visible across the sky, vegetation, sand, and house, while the catalog documents blotting as part of the technique.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to 1884–1885, with 1885 as the displayed date.
Source & rights
Winslow Homer. Native hut at Nassau. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.
High-resolution sources
- IIIF image service ↗ 5,152 × 3,580 · National Gallery Of Art · Available