An elderly man, woman, and boy sit around a makeshift table in an interior as a girl stands by a fire in the background in this nearly square painting. The man, woman, and boy sit at a low, wide barrel partially covered with a white cloth. Their pale skin and clothing, in frosty tones of sand brown and white, are washed out by the bright, cold light coming from our left. Their clothing has rips and holes. To our left, the man sits facing our right in profile. He has tousled gray hair and a short beard and moustache. Wrinkles line his forehead over bushy brows, and a deep crease connects his…
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Peasant Interior

Louis Le Nain (French, c. 1600/1603 - 1648)

c. 1645

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 55.6 x 64.7 cm (21 7/8 x 25 1/2 in.) ; framed: 59.1 x 71.8 x 7 cm (23 1/4 x 28 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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