A Standing Peasant Boy in Hat and Wooden Shoes
Constant Troyon
1825–65
Medium
Black chalk, heightened with white
Dimensions
Overall: 11 1/2 x 7 5/8in. (29.2 x 19.4cm) frame: 21 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. (54 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Karen B. Cohen Fund, 1998
Accession Number
1998.156
Tags
ShoesHatsBoys
About the Artist
Constant Troyon · 1810–1865
After training to become a porcelain painter at Sèvres, Troyon became interested in 17th century Dutch landscape painting, particularly the work of Jacob van Ruisdael, and subsequently became a member of the Barbizon School. After becoming Chevalier de le Légion d'honneur in 1849, his work shifted from landscapes to the painting of animals, often with laborers. His later landscapes of Normady were...