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Landscape painting with a calm lake, blue mountains, a ruin on a hillside at right, two robed figures in front, and a small sailboat under clouds.

Small Landscape

An oil painting of a wide Italianate landscape with a calm lake, distant blue mountains, and a crumbling ruin on a rocky hillside at right. Two figures in robes stand and sit in the foreground, while a small sailboat drifts on the water beneath a cloudy sky.

Artist
Richard Wilson
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
3000 × 2249 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (undated).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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