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title: View from a Balcony by Caillebotte
author: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15861/view-from-a-balcony-by-caillebotte/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# View from a Balcony by Caillebotte
_Authored by Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15861.png)
## Image Caption
An 1880 oil on canvas, *View from a Balcony*, by [Gustave Caillebotte](https://www.worldhistory.org/Gustave_Caillebotte/) (1848-96) the French impressionist painter. Here the artist takes his fascination with including ornate iron balcony railings in his paintings to the extreme and has the entire canvas devoted to a street scene as seen through the railings. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
## Cite This Work
### APA
Amsterdam, V. G. M. (2022, May 12). View from a Balcony by Caillebotte. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum,. "View from a Balcony by Caillebotte." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 12, 2022. .
### MLA
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum,. "View from a Balcony by Caillebotte." *World History Encyclopedia*, 12 May 2022, .
## License & Copyright
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