Jules BRETON (1827-1906) - Lot 180

Jules BRETON (1827-1906) Woman dragging children in a wagon, 1856-1857 Oil on canvas, signed lower right (old lining, minor restorations) 27.5 x 52 cm Provenance: - Emile Breton, until 1903 (Inventaire après décès du 28 janvier 1903, n°57) - Currently: private collection Related works: - Preparatory study for Le départ pour les champs (see P1857-7 in the catalog raisonné) - A replica of the central motif for Le départ pour les champs (P1857-8) is in the Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, USA We would like to thank Annette Bourrut Lacouture, Marie-Isabelle Pinet and Agnès Penot, who kindly confirmed the authenticity of this painting after examining it. It will be included in the catalog raisonné of the painter's work currently in preparation under reference P1857-10.