The Outskirts of a Village
ca. 1880
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
4 7/8 x 8 9/16 in. (12.4 x 21.7 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 2002
Accession Number
2002.151
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Art Historical Context
"The Outskirts of a Village," painted around 1880 by Edmond-François Aman-Jean, offers an intimate glimpse into rural life through its compact oil-on-panel format. Measuring just under five by nine inches, the work captures the quiet edges of a settlement, where open landscapes meet village structures. This small scale invites close viewing, highlighting the artist’s attention to subtle transitions of light and terrain in the European countryside. As part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s European Paintings collection, the piece entered the museum in 2002 through the Catharine Lorillard Wol...