Description
This drawing is one of more than 50 related to the artist's elaborate painting The Apple Market at Landerneau, exhibited at the Salon of 1878 (see photo). The scene is one of several that Lhermitte made focusing on peasants from Brittany, a region in northwestern France that was known for its picturesque traditional dress and its religious piety.
Provenance
Studio of the artist (?-?); (Galerie Kiener-Fischer, Paris, sold to Mrs. Muriel Butkin) (?-1984); Mrs. Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art (1984-2008); Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2008-)
Accession Number
2008.356
Medium
pen and brown ink over tracing in red chalk
Dimensions
Sheet: 27.2 x 38.9 cm (10 11/16 x 15 5/16 in.); Image: 26.6 x 27.7 cm (10 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Credit Line
Bequest of Muriel Butkin