# View on the Outskirts of Caen

**Stanislas Lépine** (French, 1835–1892)  
1872/1875  
oil on wood  
overall: 17.6 x 28.1 cm (6 15/16 x 11 1/16 in.) framed: 38.4 x 27.9 cm (15 1/8 x 11 in.)

Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985.64.23. [The museum's record](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.66421.html).

## About this work

Stanislas Lépine painted this in 1872/1875, aged about 37. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

### What you’re looking at

The painting shows an elevated perspective overlooking a landscape with green hills and leafy trees. Closest to us, there are cream-colored buildings among dense foliage. These buildings have roofs in shades of pale blue-gray and reddish-brown, and the one in the center has wispy white smoke coming out of a chimney. In the distance on the left, a large, low structure sits atop a hill, with faint paths winding towards it through the green landscape. Beyond the trees, the distant landscape on the right is painted in shades of pale blue and green. The sky above is filled with puffy clouds in shades of gray.

_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.

### [Stanislas Lépine](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/stanislas-lepine)

French, 1835–1892

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- The artist was about 37
- Real size: about 7 × 11 in (18 × 28 cm). The 8 × 10 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Landscape, Europe
- Colour: olive
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1612.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1612/1920.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/view-on-the-outskirts-of-caen-nga-66421).