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Breton Fishermen and Their Families

possibly ca. 1880–85
Not on view
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

Object Information
  • 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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Bust of a Woman Wearing a Pince-nez (Wife of the Artist), Théodule-Augustin Ribot French, Charcoal on laid paper
Bust of a Woman Wearing a Pince-nez (Wife of the Artist)
Théodule-Augustin Ribot
ca. 1875
War Scene (A Female Casualty), Théodule-Augustin Ribot French, Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, with touches of red ink on heavy off-white wove paper
War Scene (A Female Casualty)
Théodule-Augustin Ribot
ca. 1870–72
Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct, Théodore Gericault French, Oil on canvas
Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct
Théodore Gericault
1818
A Cowherd at Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise, Camille Pissarro French, Oil on canvas
A Cowherd at Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise
Camille Pissarro
1874
Hagar in the Wilderness, Camille Corot French, Oil on canvas
Hagar in the Wilderness
Camille Corot
1835

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