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Landscape with a Cowherd

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This gentle countryside vista captures a tranquil moment beneath a vast, cloud-streaked sky. The artist's brushwork is loose yet deliberate, evoking the soft textures of the foliage and the earth with a delicate impressionistic touch. The scene is composed with a broad expanse leading the eye from the foreground’s freshly tilled soil up to the rolling green fields and distant horizon. A few trees stand prominently on the left, their branches lightly sketched, suggesting early spring or late autumn. In the middle ground, two small figures—a cowherd and a companion—add a human element that brings quiet life and scale to the endless rural panorama. The palette is dominated by muted greens and browns, punctuated by the cool blues and grays of the sky, instilling a calm, reflective mood.

Landscape with a Cowherd

Camille Pissarro

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1872

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3200 × 2250 px
460 × 330 mm

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