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Move from the resting cow at the front to the smaller sheep behind, then compare their rounded bodies with the tall, irregular tree silhouettes.
Troyon arranges cattle and sheep at several distances across this pasture. The near animals are large and distinct; those farther away gather into smaller clusters. A row of unusual tree shapes marks the horizon, so the painting balances close attention to livestock with a strongly patterned landscape.
Oil on panel · 38.5 × 55 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Realism
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- Museum title
- Pasture in Normandy
- Artist
- Constant Troyon (French, 1810–1865)
- Date
- 1852
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 38.5 × 55 cm (15 1/8 × 25 5/8 in.); Framed: 68.6 × 85.1 × 12.7 cm (27 × 33 1/2 × 5 in.)
- Credit line
- Henry Field Memorial Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.