Hills around the Bay of Moulin Huet, Guernsey
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Details
- Artist
- Auguste Renoir
- Date
- 1883
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 18 1/8 x 25 3/4 in. (46 x 65.4 cm)
- Department
- European Paintings
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Bequest of Julia W. Emmons, 1956
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes Both · 100%
The catalog lists landscapes as a subject, and the image visibly presents hills, rocky slopes, and dense vegetation across a broad outdoor scene.
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Waterscapes Both · 96%
The title identifies the Bay of Moulin Huet, and blue water is visibly present between the surrounding hills.
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Atmospheric Landscapes Visual · 86%
The open sky, distant water, and softened transitions among the hills and atmospheric passages make the rendering of air and light a prominent visual quality.
Visual Qualities
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Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 92%
The image uses saturated greens and blues alongside warm ochers, yellows, pinks, and russets, producing a notably vivid overall palette.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Metadata · 99%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the work as a painting.
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Oil Painting Metadata · 100%
The catalog identifies the medium as oil on canvas.
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Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 94%
The painted surface is built from visibly active, varied strokes across the grasses, hills, rocks, foliage, and sky rather than sharply delineated forms.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 100%
The catalog dates the work to 1883.
Geographic Regions
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French Art Metadata · 90%
The artist is identified by the museum as French.
Source & rights
Auguste Renoir. Hills around the Bay of Moulin Huet, Guernsey. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 4,000 × 2,879 · Metropolitan Museum Of Art · Available