Paysanne bêchant (Peasant Laboring)

1890

Camille Pissarro

Associated Names
Camille Pissarro

Artist, French, born St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1830 - 1903

This is a drawing of a rustic outdoor scene featuring farm elements. The image depicts a person working the land with a tool, surrounded by birds in the foreground. There are barren trees around the perimeter of the scene, and a couple of cottages with steep roofs in the background. The drawing uses intricate line work and shading to convey textures and forms, emphasizing the natural environment and the simplicity of rural life.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint in black touched with graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Martin and Liane W. Atlas

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.9 x 11.8 cm (6 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 23 x 16.5 cm (9 1/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.23.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 95, State viii/x (proof)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Martin and Liane Atlas, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 8e etat No 2 / Paysanne béchant; by later hand, lower left in graphite: D. 95 viii/10. / 8258; by later hand, lower right in graphite: C36196.; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 16142; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 22

Watermarks

crown (cut off)

Wikidata ID

Q75393519

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