The Tired Gleaner
1880
Jules Breton
Jules Breton (French, 1827–1906)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
The Tired Gleaner, 1880. Jules Breton (French, 1827–1906). Oil on fabric; unframed: 94 x 63.8 cm (37 x 25 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1915.721 Breton felt a sense of connection with peasant life, growing up in a small village of rural workers; however, his father's standing as a property manager to a duke allowed Breton to receive a classical arts education.
- Maker/Artist
- Breton, Jules
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 94 x 63.8 cm (37 x 25 1/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed in black paint lower right corner: Jules Breton 1880
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1915.721
- Credit Line
- Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
- Exhibitions
- Inaugural Exhibition, Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, CMA. Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art (1916), 113 (no. 5), 286 (repr.).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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