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Source Description
A shaft of sunlight illuminates this scene in which five hens and a rooster are portrayed on masonry steps in the corner of a straw-strewn yard. The artist has carefully delineated the variations in the poultry. As early as the late 1840s Jacque began to produce these small poulaillers. A major example of his work in this genre is "La Sieste," illustrated in Jules Claretie, "Catalogue des tableaux, études peintes," Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, November, 1894, no. 24.
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Document identity
localId
38439
label
Chickens
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
38439
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Chickens
description
A shaft of sunlight illuminates this scene in which five hens and a rooster are portrayed on masonry steps in the corner of a straw-strewn yard. The artist has carefully delineated the variations in the poultry. As early as the late 1840s Jacque began to produce these small poulaillers. A major example of his work in this genre is "La Sieste," illustrated in Jules Claretie, "Catalogue des tableaux, études peintes," Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, November, 1894, no. 24.
provenance
Félix Ziem [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; William T. Walters, Baltimore, between 1878-1884, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1860-1869
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
panel paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
18
height
26
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 1/16 x W: 10 1/4 in. (18 x 26 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower left: ch. Jacque; [Number] On back: no. 475
med
oil on panel
creator_ids
3706
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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19e08eb931fd1e32