Pueyrredon the overseers, Prilidiano Pueyrredón, 1861

Pueyrredón's 1861 classic oil on canvas los capataces (the overseers), a careful rendition of gaucho workers showing their clothing and horses in ethnographically valuable detail. In the background peons (rural workers) go about their tasks. (art collection of amalia lacroze de fortabat. ). Date: 1861.