Mount Sainte-Victoire
During the last 20 years of his life, Cezanne repeatedly painted Mount Sainte-Victoire near his home in Aix-en-Provence in southern France. Cezanne painted this view from life at one of his favorite sites, a small road that led from Aix eastward toward Mount Sainte-Victoire. He set up his easel at the edge of the road where he could see two umbrella pines and the mountain towering over the scene. A branch of one of the pines extends from the left of the canvas across the sky, echoing the slope of the mountain, linking the near and the far.
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- framed: height 0.875 m, width 1.065 m, depth 0.07 m; unframed: height 0.722 m, width 0.924 m
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image provider
- cleveland-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes Both · 99%
The image depicts a mountainous outdoor scene, and the museum identifies the subject as Mount Sainte-Victoire near Aix-en-Provence.
Visual Qualities
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Angular Visual · 90%
The mountain ridge, pine branches, and dark linear contours create pronounced angular contours and directional planes.
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Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 90%
Strong blues, turquoise greens, ochres, oranges, and pinks are juxtaposed throughout the landscape.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Metadata · 100%
The museum classifies the work as a painting.
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Oil Painting Metadata · 100%
The recorded medium is oil on fabric.
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Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 94%
Broad, clearly visible strokes and overlapping painted marks articulate the mountain, trees, sky, and foreground terrain.
Time Periods
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1900 - 1917 Art Metadata · 90%
The museum dates the work to approximately 1904, within the 1900–1917 period, while recording a broader date range of 1899–1909.
Geographic Regions
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French Art Metadata · 99%
The artist is identified as French and the place of origin is recorded as France.
Source & rights
Paul Cezanne (French, 1839–1906). Mount Sainte-Victoire. Cleveland Museum of Art.