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1836 painting by Jules Dupré From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cows Crossing a Ford is an oil on canvas painting by French artist Jules Dupré, from 1836. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.[1]
Cows Crossing a Ford | |
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Artist | Jules Dupré |
Year | 1836 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 36.2 cm × 62.5 cm (14.3 in × 24.6 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
The work depicts farmers driving their cattle across a river in Limousin, a region of central France. The way in which the low horizon and sky are rendered in the painting are a testament to Dupré's interest in the works of John Constable and Richard Parkes Bonington, two landscape painters. Cows Crossing a Ford is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[2]
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