Two peasant women rest leaning on their rakes as the sun sets. Breton trained in belgium and in paris but remained committed to his birthplace, courrières in the pas-de-calais department of northern france. His early paintings reflect a concern for the plight for the rural poor, but his later works tended to romanticize their existence. Object Type: painting. Date: 1865. Dimensions: height: 65.5 cm (25.7 in); width: 48.5 cm (19 in); Framed height: 95.9 cm (37.7 in); width: 79.4 cm (31.2 in); depth: 8.9 cm (3.5 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton - The Close of Day - Walters 3757 (2)
