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Alphonse Legros — Returning from Tilling the Land
Alphonse Legros

Returning from Tilling the Land

1857

Part of Legros's early exploration of peasant life, this drypoint reflects his commitment to depicting the dignity of agricultural labor with Realist sensibilities.

Medium
drypoint

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Alphonse Legros, Returning from Tilling the Land, 1857

Part of Legros's early exploration of peasant life, this drypoint reflects his commitment to depicting the dignity of agricultural labor with Realist sensibilities.

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

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, French, Figure, Etching, Labor, Melancholic, Dark Tones, Rural, Drypoint

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago