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Cows Crossing a Ford

1836
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 802

The low horizon and broadly painted sky in this picture testify to Dupré’s interest in recent English art, especially the landscapes of John Constable and the late Richard Parkes Bonington. This work fits the description of an "expansive and true composition" recently painted "on the spot" in the Limousin region of central France, which a critic admired at the Parisian gallery Susse Frères in the summer of 1836. Its first owner was Paul Périer (1812–1897), an early supporter of Dupré as well as his colleagues Théodore Rousseau and Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cows Crossing a Ford
  • Artist: Jules Dupré (French, Nantes 1811–1889 L'Isle-Adam)
  • Date: 1836
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 24 5/8 in. (36.2 x 62.5 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Leon L. Watters, in memory of Leon Laizer Watters, 1967
  • Object Number: 67.213
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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