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Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field, 1885. Oil on canvas.

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Oil on canvas · 28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Impressionism

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Museum title
Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field
Artist
John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London)
Date
1885
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm)
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond, 1950
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1856–1925

Impressionism c. 1860–1900

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Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field · John Singer Sargent, 1885
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