Harvesters Resting
Artist
Jules Dupré
(French, 1811-1889)
CultureFrench
Date1842
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 54 x 69 1/4 in. (137.2 x 175.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.642
Not on view
DescriptionFarm workers resting in a field. Provenance1842, commissioned of Dupré by the Duke of Orléans shortly before his death (dies before delivery of the painting); Dupré atelier auction, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Jan. 30, 1890, no. 2 (bought by Bernheim Jeune for 4,100FF); auction, Powers, New York, 1899; auction, Bessonneau d’Angers, Charpentier, Paris, June 15, 1954, no. 36; collection Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; 1971, CMA, gift of WPC, Jr.
