Description
A solitary peasant woman bearing a heavy bundle makes her way across a marshy plain under an overcast sky. This melancholy autumn scene employs a restricted range of colors.
Conservation
Date
Description
Narrative
2/26/1971
Treatment
cleaned; coated
3/08/1979
Treatment
cleaned; coated
1/11/1982
Examination
examined for condition.
1/01/1998
Treatment
cleaned; loss-compensation
Exhibitions
The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. 1889-1890.
Before Monet: Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters: Highlights from The Walters Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998.
The Road to Impressionism: Barbizon Landscapes from the Walters Art Museum. The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; The Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh. 2008-2009.
Provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore, before 1878 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Signature] In black at lower left: N. Diaz
Credit
Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1878
