# Study of a Flowering Branch

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ROBIE, Jean-Baptiste](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/robie-jean-baptiste-rd07fb13f4863fb>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on panel, 55 x 35 cm

## Commentary

Although this delicate rendering of a branch of mountain ash seems very casual, the surface is meticulously worked with barely perceptible brushstrokes and the lighting is carefully staged so that the highlighted blossoms emerge dramatically from deep background shadow.

## Related artworks

- [Still-Life with Roses](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/robie-jean-baptiste-rd07fb13f4863fb/still-life-with-roses-r65116c8cd5a67c>)

## Attribution

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