# The Battle of Love

By [Paul Cézanne](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/paul-cezanne.md>), c. 1880.

## Details

- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 38 x 46 cm (14 15/16 x 18 1/8 in.) framed: 55.9 x 63.5 x 8.9 cm (22 x 25 x 3 1/2 in.)
- Collection: [National Gallery of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-8dd66d7195da9018.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.nga.gov/artworks/53120-battle-love>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Post-Impressionism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/post-impressionism.md>)

## Image

![Painted with loose, visible brushstrokes mostly in shades of spring green, sky blue, straw yellow, and ivory white, four couples lock in intense embraces across a landscape in front of a body of water in this nearly square painting.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-8dd66d7195da9018-cd7887b4cc90f01f/full.jpg?v=01a456c76287c7ddd9ac241d7837f72723e23af762fa60e28679741a8cca7ffe>)

## Sources & credits

- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.2. CC0 Open Access.
- Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

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