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Scène d’été
Summer Scene
Frédéric Bazille · 1869
Fogg Museum
Cambridge, United States
About this painting
Bazille chose a nearly square canvas — an unusual format for the period — to stage this sunlit gathering of bathers, prized today for its bold, simplified composition.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
158 × 158 cm (62.2 × 62.2 in)
Painted at
Montpellier, France
Current location
Fogg Museum, Cambridge
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