The Road to Market (1858–59): Artwork and History

The Road to Market (1858–59) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Constant Troyon (French, 1810–1865).

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: The Road to Market
• Date: 1858–59
• Artist attribution: Constant Troyon (French, 1810–1865)
• Place of origin: France
• 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.)
• Type: Painting
• Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
• Reference number: 1894.1068

Collection credit

Henry Field Memorial Collection

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