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Painted study of layered grey clouds over a warm yellow and rose sunset sky, with a darker band along the bottom edge.

Study of Clouds, Rome, Italy

A loose study of a sunset sky filled with layered grey and violet clouds, brushed with pale yellow, peach and rose light near the horizon. Thin, fluid strokes of watercolor and gouache are visible across the paper, with a band of warm ochre along the bottom edge.

Artist
Francis Augustus Lathrop
Date
1893–1894
Medium
Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
4000 × 3178 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1894).
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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