Accession Number
2009/1.514

Title
Man Kneeling over an Object

Artist(s)
Théodore Rousseau

Object Creation Date
1835-1867

Medium & Support
charcoal on paper

Dimensions
6 3/4 in x 7 7/8 in (17.15 cm x 20 cm);3 1/4 in x 4 3/8 in (8.25 cm x 11.11 cm)

Credit Line
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

Physical Description
A sketch of a man kneeling over an unknown object. The drawing is simple; there is a horizon line about two-thirds up from the bottom of the paper with a figure of a man kneeling, his back towards the viewer, over an unidentified object. The man is wearing simple clothes and a hat, perhaps the clothes of a peasant or farmer, in which case the object could in fact be a piece of farming equipment.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
farmers (people in agriculture)
genre (visual works)
kneeling
men (male humans)
peasants
realism (artistic form of expression)
sketches