Ploughing Scene

1854

80.5 cm 49.5 cm

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The heat of the noonday sun is palpable in this painting as drooling oxen drag a plough. They are followed by a man whose face is obscured by a hat, which shields him from the bright sun, while birds peck at the furrow left in their wake. Rosa Bonheur was among the most celebr...

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Ernest Gambart [date and mode of acquisition unknown]. Probably Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] [1]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.[1] the entry of this painting into the Walters collection is undocumented, it may have been purchased by Henry Walters after 1929, the date of the last complete catalog of the collection.
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