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Source Description
A sense of serenity permeates this scene of cattle at rest during a sunny day on the Normandy coast.Troyon was born in Sèvres, France, home of the porcelain factory. He traveled the country as an artists for as long as his finances lasted, then would return home to work as a decorator and painter at the factory. He was associated and studied under artitsts who worked in the Barbizon style. He began to flourish as an artist when he found his area of expertise, in animals.
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Document identity
localId
40476
label
Repose
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
40476
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Repose
description
A sense of serenity permeates this scene of cattle at rest during a sunny day on the Normandy coast.Troyon was born in Sèvres, France, home of the porcelain factory. He traveled the country as an artists for as long as his finances lasted, then would return home to work as a decorator and painter at the factory. He was associated and studied under artitsts who worked in the Barbizon style. He began to flourish as an artist when he found his area of expertise, in animals.
provenance
William Walters (date and mode of aquisition unknown); by inheritance, Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest, Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
19th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
72
height
88.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 28 3/8 x W: 34 13/16 in. (72 x 88.5 cm); Framed H: 41 7/16 × W: 49 1/16 × D: 4 15/16 in. (105.2 × 124.6 × 12.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower left: Troyon
med
oil on canvas
creator_ids
4448
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
631
3191
3300
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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3e992789d3ad5c8e