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Title:
The Hayfield
Object name(s):
Picture; French
Brief description:
Two peasant women and a child stand on the left, and black and white cart horses on the right. In the background two wagons are fully loaded with hay, and a dog perches on top of the one in the centre. The skyline of a village is shown in the distance.Monticelli made a number of paintings of peasants at work in the fields, both in his native Provence and elsewhere in France. After spending several years in Paris, he returned to Provence in 1871, where he seems to have rediscovered a deep interest in landscape. The Hayfield may have been painted around this moment, but it is not known where this particular harvest scene is set.The painting was acquired through the Sir Hugh Lane Bequest in 1917, which is currently on long-term loan to Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane.
Collection:
National Gallery
Accession date:
1917-01-01
Date - earliest / single:
1917
Date - latest:
1917
Acquisition source:
Sir Hugh Percy Lane
Associated concept:
harvesting
Credit line:
Sir Hugh Lane Bequest, 1917, The National Gallery, London. In partnership with Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin.
Current location:
Not on display
Current reproduction location:
3/345/110/940/mid_N-3263-00-000009.jpg
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measured part:
Overall
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
21.60
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measured part:
Overall
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
43.80
Form:
None
Inscription content:
Signed
Material:
oil on wood
Material:
oil
Material:
mahogany
Object name:
Picture; French
Object production date:
probably 1860-80
Date - earliest / single:
1860
Date - latest:
1880
Object production date:
Date - period:
1850-74
Date - period:
1875-99
Object production person:
Adolphe Monticelli
Person's birth date:
1824
Person's death date:
1886
Object production place:
France
Other number:
NG3263
Other number type:
object number
Other number:
0GH5-0001-0000-0000
Other number type:
PID
Other number:
NG3263
Other number type:
display number
Other number:
000-04OS-0000
Other number type:
PID (NG alternative)
Other number:
ng33263
Other number type:
sort number
Owner:
Sir Hugh Percy Lane
Responsible department/section:
Main Collection
Right note:
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Style:
landscapes
Style:
Impressionist
User's reference:
National Gallery Catalogues: French School: Early 19th Century, Impressionists, Post-Impressionists etc.
Reference details:
108
Reference note:
Latest catalogue
Reference type:
reference
User's reference:
National Gallery Catalogues: French School
Reference details:
161-2
Reference note:
Previous catalogues
Reference type:
reference
User's reference:
The National Gallery: Complete Illustrated Catalogue
Reference details:
466
Reference note:
Key bibliography
Reference type:
reference
User's reference:
Hugh Lane : founder of a gallery of modern art for Ireland /edited by Barbara Dawson ; assisted by Logan Sisley, Jessica O'Donnell, and Michael Dempsey.
Reference details:
Ill. (p. 165)
Reference type:
reference

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