1888, Léon-Augustin Lhermitte, Harvesters at Rest -- National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin)
From the museum label: Lhermitte based this painting on a drawing that he made near his native village of Mont-Saint-Père. Although he sketched outdoors, he preferred to paint in the studio. Lhermitte's paintings of rural workers brought him much success. Vincent van Gogh greatly admired his work and his apparent empathy with the poor. Here, Lhermitte shows labourers at rest. The two women seem ready to resume gathering hay but reluctant to disturb their exhausted companion.
1888, Léon-Augustin Lhermitte, Harvesters at Rest -- National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin)
From the museum label: Lhermitte based this painting on a drawing that he made near his native village of Mont-Saint-Père. Although he sketched outdoors, he preferred to paint in the studio. Lhermitte's paintings of rural workers brought him much success. Vincent van Gogh greatly admired his work and his apparent empathy with the poor. Here, Lhermitte shows labourers at rest. The two women seem ready to resume gathering hay but reluctant to disturb their exhausted companion.