Poplars, Eragny
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Details
- Artist
- Camille Pissarro
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 36 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (92.7 x 64.8 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 Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967
Art Genome Taxonomy
7 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes Both · 99%
The catalog lists Landscapes as a subject, while the image clearly presents trees, meadow, sky, and layered vegetation in an outdoor setting.
Visual Qualities
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Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 91%
The image uses luminous greens and yellows with prominent accents of pale blue, white, lavender, pink, and ocher across the foliage, meadow, and sky.
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Dense Composition Visual · 93%
Overlapping trees, shrubs, and undergrowth occupy most of the picture plane, producing a richly filled and layered composition.
Medium and Techniques
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Oil Painting Both · 99%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art identifies the medium as oil on canvas, and the image visibly shows a painted surface with active, textured brushwork.
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Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 95%
Short, broken marks and loosely applied strokes visibly describe leaves, grasses, branches, and patches of light across the scene.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The work is dated 1895 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art catalog, placing it within the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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French Art Metadata · 97%
The artist is identified as French in the catalog’s artist display, supporting an association with French art.
Source & rights
Camille Pissarro. Poplars, Eragny. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 2,656 × 3,722 · Metropolitan Museum Of Art · Available