This painting shows a busy marketplace scene at eye level with a crowd of people and cattle. Hills are in the distance under a cloudy gray sky, and in front of them we can see a line of rooftops and a tall church spire. In front of these buildings are the people and cattle. The people are indistinct, but many of them seem to wear white or red head coverings and clothes in earthy tones. The brushstrokes in the painting are thick and visible, giving the scene a blurred appearance.

Gallery mode Full size at the museum

Fair in Brittany

Eugène Boudin (French, 1824 - 1898)

1874

Medium: oil on wood
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall: 26.67 × 45.72 cm (10 1/2 × 18 in.) ; framed: 40.96 × 61.28 × 6.35 cm (16 1/8 × 24 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
Culture: French
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line: Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection, 1926)
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the National Gallery of Art

More by Eugène Boudin

See all

More Impressionism

See all