Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010103Women Working in a Field
About the Artwork
In December 1866, Winslow Homer sailed from Boston for a year of study in France. Since the early 1850s he had known the principles of French painting, particularly the outdoor style of the Barbizon school. While in France, Homer spent most of his time working in Paris and the rural village of Cernay-la-Ville in Picardy, about 40 miles from the French capital. This oil sketch was probably painted there.
Inscriptions
signed lower left: H [with remains of a date; inscribed on verso: WINSLOW HOMER 1867 E]
Provenance
John La Farge (New York sale 1911); William Rutloff Kip; George Vigouroux, Jr. (c. 1967); Mrs. Elizabeth Whitney Evans.
Exhibition history
Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
- Date
- 1867
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- Framed: 30.5 x 45.5 x 4.5 cm (12 x 17 15/16 x 1 3/4 in.); Unframed: 17 x 32.2 cm (6 11/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of Elizabeth Whitney Evans and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Accession no.
- 1992.315
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