The Barbizon School
prints & drawings
prints & drawings
- Chaigneau, Mouton
- Chaigneau, Studies of Sheep
- Chaigneau, Le Petit Troupeau
- Chaigneau, Femme Gardant
- Corot, Souvenir de Toscane
- Corot, Souvenir de Toscane
- Corot, Souvenir de la Villa
- Daubigny, Bord de la Mer
- Daubigny, L'Orage
- Daubigny, Le Grand Parc
- Daubigny, Le Cochon
- Daubigny, Lever de Lune
- Daubigny, Lever de Lune
- Daubigny, Le Mousse à la Pêche
- Daubigny, Les Vendanges
- Diaz, Les Folles Amoureuses
- Dupré, Fallen Tree in a Forest
- Français, Un Chemin
- Grenaud, Portrait of Corot
- Jacque, A Covered Wagon
- Jacque, Lisière du Bois
- Jacque, Frontispiece Design
- Jacque, Village au Bord
- Jacque, Porte d'Auberge
- Jacque, La Souricière
- Laurens, Clairière
- Lavieille, Les Travaux
- Lavieille, The Reaper
- Lazerges, The Sower
- Leroy, Le Bas Bréau
- Millet, Snails
- Millet, La Planche aux Croquis
- Millet, La Bouillie
- Millet, Feeding the Chickens
- Millet, Zoomorphic Rocks
- Rousseau, Route dans la Forêt
- Rousseau, Fête de Village
- Rousseau, In the Savoie
The Sower
Black chalk, and red chalk. 241 x 170 mm.
Finished compositional study, clearly for a later work, as the image is enclosed within a pointed arch with framing lines outside of that. Drawn in red and black chalk on brownish textured wove paper, unsigned. The sower, seen from the back, strides and throws seed in a rough field with trees and mountains in the distance. A shovel lies near his feet. The subject, of course, evokes Millet, but the drawing style is quite different. Dr. Eric Carlson suggested Lazerges as the possible author of the work.