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Oil sketch of a large cloud glowing coral and salmon against grey-blue dusk sky, with dark trees along the bottom edge.

Nightfall near Olana, oil sketch of a glowing cloud

An oil sketch on tan paperboard shows a large cumulus cloud lit from within by warm coral and salmon light, its edges fading into cool grey-blue sky. Dark treetops and a low ridge line the bottom edge, with a faint inscription in the lower left corner.

Artist
Frederic Edwin Church
Date
August 1872
Medium
Brush and oil on tan paperboard
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
4000 × 2818 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1872).
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, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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