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Cows Crossing a Ford, 1836. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 14 1/4 x 24 5/8 in. (36.2 x 62.5 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- Cows Crossing a Ford
- Artist
- Jules Dupré (French, Nantes 1811–1889 L'Isle-Adam)
- Date
- 1836
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 14 1/4 x 24 5/8 in. (36.2 x 62.5 cm)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Leon L. Watters, in memory of Leon Laizer Watters, 1967
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1811–1889
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.