# The Fence

By [Camille Pissarro](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/camille-pissarro.md>), 1872.

## Details

- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 37.8 x 45.7 cm (14 7/8 x 18 in.) framed: 54.3 x 63.2 x 5 cm (21 3/8 x 24 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
- Collection: [National Gallery of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-8dd66d7195da9018.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.nga.gov/artworks/66429-fence>)

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

## Image

![We look slightly down onto a bare, gnarled tree near a gray, dirt path, which leads back to a hamlet in this horizontal landscape painting.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-8dd66d7195da9018-330cb3c8558dfebd/full.jpg?v=6325cb94402cb7ca8c5277bcc9bbb0a7782ad2eae528617cdd31cbfb0e23a773>)

## Sources & credits

- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1985.64.31. CC0 Open Access.
- Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

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