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A Bleaching Field
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A Bleaching Field

Jacob Maris · 1870 · canvas; oil paint (paint)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Women are busy doing laundry near a French village church. One of them spreads the linen on the bleaching field, while another fetches water from the pump. Maris divided the space into three areas by placing a fence between the women and an autumnal-brown hedge before the church. The saplings' delicate branches reinforce the horizontal lines of the composition.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
paintingbleaching (laundering)
Credit lineA Bleaching Field. 1870. Jacob Maris. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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