Constant Troyon (French, 1810–1865)
The Road to Market
INV-0896
Constant Troyon (French, 1810–1865)1858–59
The Road to Market
Constant Troyon (French, 1810–1865) →nineteenth century19th centurypaintingpaint
Date
1858–59
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
92 × 73.4 cm (36 1/4 × 28 7/8 in.); Framed: 130.4 × 111.8 × 13.6 cm (51 3/8 × 44 × 5 3/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Henry Field Memorial Collection
Two men—one on horseback, the other on foot—follow a woman carrying her child on a donkey. Together they lead a herd of sheep to a local market, aided by the dog standing watch to the right. The group emerges from the misty atmosphere of the early morning, the haze yellowed by the dusty path. Constant Troyon was drawn to images of animals more than most of his Barbizon School peers, who included Camille Corot and Jean-François Millet. Later in his career Troyon was celebrated as an animalier, a painter of animals.
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