Milking Time at La Celle near Saint Cloud

Maker Constant Troyon (French, 1810 - 1865)

Additional Title(s)

Milking Time at La Celle near St. Cloud

Collections

European Paintings

ClassificationsPAINTINGS

Date1847

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions45 1/2 × 65 in. (115.6 × 165.1 cm.) 58 1/2 × 78 × 4 3/4 in. (148.6 × 198.1 × 12.1 cm.)

DescriptionCharming countryside, with a group of cows on the green sward in the foreground, a pail and milk vessel on the left and a peasant woman and child approaching up the incline at the back; haying scene in the distance, hilly ground on the right and left, with habitations at the center and vast plain spreading out betond toward the horizon. Sky of grey cumulus clouds finely brushed with touches of blue.

SignedSigned and dated, lower left: 1847

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number26.116