The object in context
The Royal Museums’ 2016 selection identifies this work by Georges Seurat: oil on canvas, inventory 5091, dated 1888. Its inventory number distinguishes the Brussels object from versions or reproductions elsewhere. The old list records a collection location in 2016, not a guarantee of display today.
Try this when you look
View the reproduction first as separate marks, then as a whole landscape. Compare two adjacent colours without changing the screen zoom during the comparison. Note where the riverbank is described by an edge and where colour alone separates areas. A digital image cannot reproduce the painting’s physical surface.
Before you visit
Check the museum’s current collection presentation using this inventory number. For a short visit, pair this object with one related work and reserve time to compare them. The room numbers in the historical PDF should not be used as a present-day floor plan.
- The object in context: The Royal Museums’ 2016 selection identifies this work by Georges Seurat: oil on canvas, inventory 5091, dated 1888.
- Try this when you look: View the reproduction first as separate marks, then as a whole landscape.
- Before you visit: Check the museum’s current collection presentation using this inventory number.