Marshland

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Artist: Jules Dupré (French, 1811–1889)
Date: 1860s-1870s
Medium: oil on fabric
Dimensions: framed: height 0.604 m, width 0.889 m, depth 0.077 m; unframed: height 0.464 m, width 0.742 m
Origin: France, 19th century
Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Holding institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Palette: Golden Bole · Yellow family · #AC8D61 · 52%

Flax Ground · Yellow family · #D1B48A · 16%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #3C2513 · 16%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #6C471C · 7%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B88B4E · 4%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #866638 · 4%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #ECD0A8 · <1%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #A69E7F · <1%

Ochre Kiln · Orange family · #AA691C · <1%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #272820 · <1%

Iron Gall Black · Black family · #181F1C · <1%

Press Black · Black family · #1E1313 · <1%

Press Black · Black family · #15161B · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #9CA28F · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #9C988B · <1%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #3A5049 · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #651E08 · <1%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #8F807D · <1%

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Image provider: cleveland-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Severance and Greta Millikin Collection

9 tags

Landscapes Visual · 99%

The image is dominated by flat marshland, distant trees, open fields, and a broad horizon.
Atmospheric Landscapes Visual · 98%

The expansive cloud-filled sky, shifting light, haze, and low horizon make atmospheric conditions a central visual feature.
Water Visual · 93%

Reflective wet areas and shallow water are clearly visible across the foreground and lower marsh.
Animals Visual · 78%

Numerous small clustered forms across the marsh appear consistent with grazing livestock, although their details are difficult to resolve at this scale.

Earth Tones Visual · 97%

The work is dominated by ochres, browns, umbers, muted greens, and subdued blue-grays characteristic of an earthy palette.

Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The Cleveland Museum of Art identifies the medium as oil on fabric.
Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 95%

Visible, directional strokes animate the cloud formations, water, grasses, and distant land.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to the 1860s–1870s, within the nineteenth century.

French Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog gives the place of origin as France, nineteenth century, and identifies the artist as French.

Jules Dupré (French, 1811–1889). Marshland. Cleveland Museum of Art.