Les Toits Dutch painting Date: 19th-century

Date: 19th-century

bathed in light

The hair and skin are delicately rendered

A view of a forest and lake with a hyper-realistic representation of light

Les Toits Dutch painting Date: 19th-centuryA colorful and surprising watercolor and gouache on paper, protected under glass in an antique frame, depicting rooftops and faades in an old town setting. The pointed roofs (les toits) seem to cascade and overlap at unlikely angles, creating a convergence of shingles that gives the impression the houses are built atop one another. The composition focuses on the essentials: geometry, light, and color. Likely painted in the early 1900s, the piece