# Forest Scene

**Narcisse Diaz de la Peña** (French, 1807–1876)  
1874  
oil on wood  
overall: 32 x 44 x 1.3 cm (12 5/8 x 17 5/16 x 1/2 in.) framed: 59.1 x 71.8 x 7 cm (23 1/4 x 28 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1949.1.4. [The museum's record](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.35088.html).

## About this work

Narcisse Diaz de la Peña painted this in 1874, aged 67. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

### What you’re looking at

The painting depicts a forest floor under tall trees, with a grassy path leading into the distance. The sky is obscured by dense green foliage and tree limbs. Rocks and shrubs are visible on the ground, and the forest stretches into the distance. The trees are dark brown, with patches of white suggesting dappled light coming in through the branches above. The leaves and ground are mostly dark green, with some patches of brown, lighter green, and yellow.

_Description from the National Gallery of Art._

### How it was made

- **Oil on panel.** Oil paint on prepared wooden boards, usually oak in the north and poplar in Italy. The rigid, smooth surface suits fine detail and thin, glowing glazes.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Narcisse Diaz de la Peña](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/narcisse-diaz-de-la-pena)

French, 1807–1876

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- The artist was 67
- Real size: about 13 × 17 in (32 × 44 cm). The 12 × 16 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Landscape, France, Barbizon, Forest of Fontainebleau
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1494.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1494/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/forest-scene-nga-35088).