Marshland

Marshland

Jules Dupré

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Details

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
Holding institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Image provider
cleveland-museum-of-art
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection

Art Genome Taxonomy

9 tags

Subject Matter

  • 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.

Visual Qualities

  • Earth Tones Visual · 97%

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

Medium and Techniques

  • Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

    The Cleveland Museum of Art identifies the medium as oil on fabric.

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

Time Periods

  • 19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

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

Geographic Regions

  • French Art Metadata · 99%

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

Source & rights

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

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