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The Apple Market at Landerneau

1878
(French, 1844–1925)
France, 19th century
pen and brown ink over tracing in red chalk
Support: Beige wove paper
Sheet: 27.2 x 38.9 cm (10 11/16 x 15 5/16 in.); Image: 26.6 x 27.7 cm (10 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.)
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.356
Catalogue raisonné: Le Pelley Fonteny 183
Location: not on view
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This drawing is one of more than 50 related to the artist's elaborate painting The Apple Market at Landerneau, exhibited at the Salon of 1878 (see photo). The scene is one of several that Lhermitte made focusing on peasants from Brittany, a region in northwestern France that was known for its picturesque traditional dress and its religious piety.
The Apple Market at Landerneau

The Apple Market at Landerneau

1878

Léon Augustin Lhermitte

(French, 1844–1925)
France, 19th century

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