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Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

30.63 in. (77.80 cm.) (height) by 47.99 in. (121.90 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed Jules Breton, inscribed Courrieres, and dated 1884 (lower right)

Exhibited:

Paris, . Salon des Artistes Français, 1884, no. 356 (exhibited with three stanzas written by Breton). The Art Institute of Chicago, 1894-1945

Literature:

Élodie Breton diaries,. 1881 and 1884 (wife of the artist). George Lafenestre, . Le livre d'or du salon de peinture et de sculpture, vol. 5-6, Paris, 1883, p. 29. René Ménard, "Salon de 1884: Le Salon de peinture," . Le Génie Civil, vol. 5. , no. 6. , 1884, p. 93. Théodore Veron,. Dictionnaire Veron, ou Organe de l'Institut Universel, Paris, 1884, p. 60-1. . Jules Breton: A Biographical notice and some criticisms upon his picture "Sur la route en hiver; Artois," exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1884, The Property of Henry Field of Chicago, 1885, p. 27-9 (translation of a letter from Jules Breton to Henry Field, May 3, 1885). Art Institute of Chicago, . Catalogue of the objects in the Museum, vol. 1, Chicago, 1896, p. 70, no. 2 (as. On the Road in Winter ). Art Institute of Chicago, . General Catalogue of Objects in the Museum, Chicago, January 1904, p. 161, no. 102 (as. On the Road in Winter ). Art Institute of Chicago, . General Catalogue of Objects in the Museum, Chicago, February 1907, p. 173, no. 102 (as. On the Road in Winter ). Art Institute of Chicago, . Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Architecture . , Chicago 1917, p. 116, no. 102 (as. On the Road in Winter ). Marius Vachon, . Jules Breton, Paris, 1919, p. 145. Hollister Sturges, "Breton's works: Paris Salon 1849-1905,". Jules Breton and the French Rural Tradition, exh. cat., Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 1982, p. 132. Annette Bourrut Lacouture, "Works by Jules Breton Shown at the Salon between 1848 and 1905,". Jules Breton: Painter of Peasant Life, exh. cat., Musée des beaux-arts, Arras, Musée des beaux-arts, Quimper, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 2002, p. 252

Provenance:

Samuel P. Avery (acquired directly from the artist, 1884). Henry Field, Chicago (acquired from the above, 1884). Florence Lathrop Field, Chicago (by descent from the above, his widow, 1890). The Art Institute of Chicago (gifted from the above in 1894). Florence Field Lindsay, Lynbrook, Massachusetts (acquired from the above, 1945). Sheridan Art Gallery, Chicago (possibly acquired from the above). Bohumir Kryl, Chicago (possibly acquired from the above, after 1945). Private Collection, Michigan (by descent through the family