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Cows and Cowherd

Constant Troyon (French, 1810–1865)

Medium/Technique Oil on panel
Dimensions 50.5 x 68.2 cm (19 7/8 x 26 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number64.131
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings

InscriptionsStamped, lower left: V E N T E / T R O Y O N
ProvenanceUntil 1865, the artist (b. 1810 - d. 1865); January 22 - February 1, 1866, Troyon estate sale, Hotel Druout, Paris, lot 161 [see note 1], to M. Bloche (?). Horatio Lamb (b. 1850 - d. 1926) and Mrs. (Annie Lawrence) Lamb, Boston; 1964, by descent to Misses Aimée and Rosamond Lamb, Boston; 1964, gift of Misses Aimée and Rosamond Lamb. (Accession date: February 12, 1964)

NOTES:
[1] Called "Vache conduit par un paysan, effet de soleil couchant."