Breton Fishermen and Their Families
Toward the end of his life, Ribot, who was strongly influenced by seventeenth-century Spanish painters, especially Jusepe de Ribera, brought a vigorous realism and a predilection for contrasting values to the subject of Breton and Norman peasants. Beginning in the 1870s, he painted several group portraits similar to this one.
Artwork Details
- Title: Breton Fishermen and Their Families
- Artist: Théodule-Augustin Ribot (French, Saint-Nicolas-d'Attez 1823–1891 Colombes)
- Date: possibly ca. 1880–85
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 21 3/4 x 18 1/4 in. (55.2 x 46.4 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948
- Object Number: 48.187.736
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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