Sunset on the Nile by George Frederic Watts (1887) | Artnap

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Oil-style painting of a glowing orange sunset over calm water, with a small sailboat and dark shapes on the shore.

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A warm, hazy sunset fills the sky with bands of pale lavender, pink, and deep orange above a still, glowing river surface. A small sailboat with a pale sail drifts across the water on the right, while dark, rounded shapes gather along the foreground shoreline on the left.

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Date

1887

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Public domain

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