# A Walk in the Garden [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LEGA, Silvestro]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 35 x 23 cm ## Commentary A Walk in the Garden c. 1870 Oil on canvas, 35 x 23 cm Galleria dell'Arte Moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Florence One of the masterpieces of 'Macchiaioli' painting, this intimate rendering of country life translates truth and reality into clear and composed volumes. The two women are seen strolling casually in a sunlit garden, holding their parasols while engaged in an intimate conversation. The figures are reduced to almost abstract shapes of broadly brushed pigments, while the intense summer light and cool shade are rendered in a muted palette. ## Related artworks - [Country Girl Leaning against a Ladder]() - [Giuseppe Mazzini on his Death Bed]() - [Reading]() - [The Folk Song]() - [The Pergola]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()