Sheep at Pasture
Maker
Charles Émile Jacque
(French, 1813 - 1894)
Collections
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Datec. 1870
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions27 x 39 1/2 in. (68.6 x 100.3 cm.)
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Label TextJacque was well known for his paintings and engravings featuring farm animals and peasants in rural France. Like his Barbizon contemporaries, Jacque celebrated the agricultural landscape and animal husbandry, seeking to paint it without poetic overtones or classical literary associations.Status
On viewObject number7.14
