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The image shows a riverside scene with a view from the riverbank looking across the water. The horizon is slightly above the center, where the water meets a line of tall trees. The trees create a dark backdrop against the pale sky. The brushstrokes are loose, conveying movement in the water and sky. The color palette is monochromatic with sepia tones. Two figures walk by the river's edge with small boats nearby. In the distance, there is water and tall trees dominating the view. The style is impressionistic with minimal detail.
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The image shows a riverside scene with a view from the riverbank looking across the water. The horizon is slightly above the center, where the water meets a line of tall trees. The trees create a dark backdrop against the pale sky. The brushstrokes are loose, conveying movement in the water and sky. The color palette is monochromatic with sepia tones. Two figures walk by the river's edge with small boats nearby. In the distance, there is water and tall trees dominating the view. The style is impressionistic with minimal detail.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Banks of the Loing near Saint-Mammès (Bords du Loing, pres Saint-Mammès)

Alfred Sisley

Date
1896
Medium
lithograph printed in brown on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 24 × 32 cm (9 7/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1950.17.270
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Impressionist
  • Tree
  • River
  • Boat
  • Figures
Provenance

(G. Cramer Oude Kunst, The Hague); Lessing Julius Rosenwald, Philadelphia, PA, purchased 1950; gift to NGA, 1950

Inscription

recto: in stone, at lower left: Sisley 96; verso: none

Marks

recto: none; verso: at lower right, stamped in purple ink: Made in France

NGA object ID 39502. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.