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Source Description
This drawing is one of more than 50 related to the artist's elaborate painting The Apple Market at Landerneau, exhibited at the Salon of 1878 (see photo). The scene is one of several that Lhermitte made focusing on peasants from Brittany, a region in northwestern France that was known for its picturesque traditional dress and its religious piety.
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Document identity
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166635
label
The Apple Market at Landerneau
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obj
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drawing
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Source metadata
id
166635
contentType
drawing
title
The Apple Market at Landerneau
description
This drawing is one of more than 50 related to the artist's elaborate painting The Apple Market at Landerneau, exhibited at the Salon of 1878 (see photo). The scene is one of several that Lhermitte made focusing on peasants from Brittany, a region in northwestern France that was known for its picturesque traditional dress and its religious piety.
date
1878
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79997162
creators
13601
genreSpecific
Drawing
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 27.2 x 38.9 cm (10 11/16 x 15 5/16 in.); Image: 26.6 x 27.7 cm (10 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.)
cul
France, 19th century
accession
2008.356
Source extras
tec
pen and brown ink over tracing in red chalk
tombstone
The Apple Market at Landerneau, 1878. Léon Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844–1925). Pen and brown ink over tracing in red chalk; sheet: 27.2 x 38.9 cm (10 11/16 x 15 5/16 in.); image: 26.6 x 27.7 cm (10 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.356
supportMaterials
description
beige wove paper
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
signed, lower left, in brown ink: L. Lhermitte; verso, upper left, in graphite: Le marché aux pommes / à Landerneau
citations
citation
Le Pelley Fonteny, Monique. <em>Léon Augustin Lhermitte (1844-1925): Catalogue Raisonné</em>. Paris: Éditions Cercle d'Art, 1991.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 354, no. 183
citation
Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. <em>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page_number
Referenced: cat. no. 50, p 110-111, Reproduced: p. 111
catalogueRaisonne
Le Pelley Fonteny 183
creditline
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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2026-05-29 08:36:22.879000
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166635
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Drawings
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DR - French
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pen and brown ink over tracing in red chalk
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male
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image_url
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1
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0
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photo
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