The Marl Pit at Mulcent: Evening
Antoine Chintreuil (French, 1814–1873)
after 1857
Medium
oil on paper, mounted to cardboard, mounted to plywood
Dimensions
unframed: 47.6 × 99.2 cm · framed: 64.2 × 115.8 × 7.7 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
Accession Number
1980.245
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Marl is a crumbly mixture of clays, calcium, and magnesium carbonates, often used as fertilizer for lime-deficient soils.