Harvest Scene

Winslow Homer

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a rural scene with a large tree in the center, its trunk leaning to the left. The tree has a thick trunk and branches that extend outwards, with green leaves. To the right of the tree is a large green haystack. A brown cow and a smaller brown animal, possibly a calf, stand to the right of the haystack. In the background, two people are visible: one wearing a red shirt sits on the ground to the left, and another person stands further back, holding a long tool. The foreground features grass with scattered white flowers. The overall color palette is muted, with shades of green, brown, and yellow. The painting is signed in the bottom-left corner.