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The Return to the Farm (Le Retour à la Ferme)

Alphonse Legros

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white landscape drawing of rolling hills with trees. In the foreground on the left, a thick tree trunk sits on a mound. To the right a donkey carries a large wicker basket on its back. The donkey is led by a person in a dress wearing a hat. To the right of the donkey is another person in a dress carrying two sacks. The two people walk on a hillside covered in brush. The background depicts more trees scattered on the rolling hills. A fence runs horizontally across the right side. A building is visible along a tree line on the left center. The sky is shaded lightly. The image is bordered by a thin white frame. The artist's signature is in on the bottom right.

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1142 × 893 px
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