Landscape with Figures
mid 19th century
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
overall: 26.04 × 34.93 cm (10 1/4 × 13 3/4 in.) framed: 58.42 × 67.95 × 7.62 cm (23 × 26 3/4 × 3 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)
Accession Number
2014.136.50
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...