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Watch the herd emerge from the haze, then find the dog standing apart on the right side of the road.
A woman carrying a child rides a donkey ahead of two men as the group takes sheep to market. Morning haze and dust soften the background, while the nearest animals cast long shadows. Troyon, celebrated for animal painting, gives the herd a prominent place within this shared journey.
Oil on canvas · 92 × 73.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Barbizon School
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- Museum title
- The Road to Market
- Artist
- Constant Troyon (French, 1810–1865)
- Date
- 1858–59
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 92 × 73.4 cm (36 1/4 × 28 7/8 in.); Framed: 130.4 × 111.8 × 13.6 cm (51 3/8 × 44 × 5 3/8 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.