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The Reaper
Inscriptions
Signed: E. VERBEYST.FONDEUR. / BRUXELLES. (proper back left on plinth); C. Meunier (in script on upper surface of plinth)
Provenance
Celia Schmidt, Chicago, before 1977; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1977.
Publications
Walther Gensel, Constantin Meunier (Bielefeld und Leipzig, 1905), p. 37 (ill.). Christian Brinton, Constantin Meunier (New York, Columbia University, 1914), p.45 (ill.). [labeled as The Mower] Louis Piérard, Constantin Meunier (Brussels, Dietrich, 1937), p. 23 (ill.). [labeled as Le Faucher au Travail, The Mower, Der Maher] Sura Levine and Françoise Urban, “Constantin Meunier, A Life of Labor,” Hommage à Constantin Meunier, 1831–1905 [Galerie Maurice Tzwern, 1998], pp. 68–9, no. 13.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Constantin Emile Meunier (Belgian, 1831–1905)
- Date
- c. 1895
- Medium
- Bronze, dark brown patina
- Dimensions
- 56.5 × 43.2 × 23.5 cm (22 1/4 × 17 × 9 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- statuette
- Style
- Realism
- Place
- Belgium
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Bequest of Celia Schmidt
- Accession no.
- 1977.928
More by Constantin Emile Meunier in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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