Although often associated with the barbizon school, breton favored a more idealized treatment of his subjects and a more polished style of painting. In this rural scene, probably set in the artist's native pas-de-calais, north of paris, three young women return from the fields at dusk. Their idealized forms contrast markedly with the harshness of millet's depictions of peasant life. Object Type: painting. Date: 1871. Place of creation: France. Dimensions: height: 69.5 cm (27.3 in); width: 104 cm (40.9 in); Framed H with build-up: height: 42.2 in (107.3 cm); width: 56 in (142.2 cm); depth: 6.7 in (17.1 cm). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton - Returning from the Fields - Walters 3758 (2)
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