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Alphonse Legros — Peasant near a Stone Fence
Alphonse Legros

Peasant near a Stone Fence

1857

Solitary contemplation meets agricultural setting in this intimate etching, demonstrating the artist's sensitivity to the relationship between individual psychology and rural environment.

Medium
etching

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Alphonse Legros, Peasant near a Stone Fence, 1857

Solitary contemplation meets agricultural setting in this intimate etching, demonstrating the artist's sensitivity to the relationship between individual psychology and rural environment.

Medium
etching
Year
1857
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monochrome, French, Peasant, 19th Century, Etching, Social Commentary, Rural Life, Realism, Figurative, Black and White

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago