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Landscape With a Farmyard, Thatched-Roofed Buildings and a Peasant Woman

Pierre Adrien Pâris|Anonymous, French, 18th century

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Landscape With a Farmyard, Thatched-Roofed Buildings and a Peasant Woman by Pierre Adrien Pâris|Anonymous, French, 18th century

Medium

Red chalk

Dimensions

7 7/16 x 11 1/8 in. (18.9 x 28.2 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971

Accession Number

1975.131.124

Tags

BuildingsHousesRoofsFarmsWomen

Art Historical Context

"Landscape With a Farmyard, Thatchedoofed Buildings and aasant Woman" is a red chalk drawing attributed to Pierre Adrien Pâ or an anonymous French artist of the 18th. Created around that vibrant era of Enlightenment France, this undated work (7 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.) captures serene rural scene, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Drawings and Prints department through the bequest of Harry G.ling in 1971. The composition evokes everyday life in the French countryside, featuring thatched-roofed farm buildings, a humble farmyard, and a solitary peasant woman—hallmarks of 18th-century genre...

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