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A black and white scene of a person inspecting something on horse which pulls a plow.

In a field a horse pulls a plow away from the viewer. It seems to have paused so that a person in baggy clothing and a fitted cap can examine something on its reins. They are barely visible around their hunches shoulders and the brim of their cap, but a large nose protrudes as they peer at the reins. A few small birds fly in the distance.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.284
People
Anton Mauve, Dutch (Zaandam (Zaanstad), The Netherlands 1838 - 1888 Arnhem, The Netherlands)
Title
The Old Ploughman
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297795

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor, gouache and traces of charcoal on cream wove paper
Dimensions
28 x 39.2 cm (11 x 15 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., brown-black watercolor, in artist's hand: A. Mauve f

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Scott & Fowles, New York, April 4, 1925]; sold to Grenville L. Winthrop; bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.284
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), cat. no. 123, repr.
  • Eric M. Rosenberg and Miriam Stewart, The Harvest of 1830: The Barbizon Legacy, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 17

Exhibition History

  • Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/23/1969 - 03/31/1969
  • The Harvest of 1830: the Barbizon Legacy, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/25/1990 - 10/21/1990
  • 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/31/2022

Verification Level

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