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Cattle Drinking  1851

by Constant Troyon

Troyon is best known for his animal paintings but, in fact, specialized in landscape painting in his early career. This picturesque view shows a scene on the banks of the Touques River in Normandy where he painted regularly in the 1850s together with Eugène Boudin and Emile van Marcke. The sun is directly overhead, fringing the clouds, shimmering on the water, and illumina...
Size: 
H: 30 7/8 x W: 20 3/8 in. (78.4 x 51.8 cm)
Medium: 
oil on panel (oak)
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum