Four Geese by the River

Alfred Sisley

1885–1897

Four Geese by the River by Alfred Sisley

Medium

Pastel on heavy cream paper

Dimensions

13 11/16 x 17 3/16 in. (34.8 x 43.7 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Joan Whitney Payson, 1975

Accession Number

1976.201.10

Tags

GeesePonds

About the Artist

Alfred Sisley · 18391899

Alfred Sisley (1839–1899) was a British-born French Impressionist landscape painter who remained the most consistently devoted to pure Impressionist principles throughout his career. Born in Paris to prosperous English parents, he studied at the atelier of Charles Gleyre alongside Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Frédéric Bazille, forming friendships that placed him at the heart of the eme...

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