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Cows Crossing a Ford

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Cows Crossing a Ford
ArtistJules Dupré
Year1836
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions36.2 cm × 62.5 cm (14.3 in × 24.6 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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]

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]

References

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  1. ^ "Cows Crossing a Ford". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  2. ^ "Cows Crossing a Ford". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-11-03.