Image creditsJules Breton · Les Sarcleuses · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Jules Breton — « Les Sarcleuses ».
Jules Breton · Les Sarcleuses · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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Jules Breton · 5 min read
The weeds return eight years later
The Metropolitan Museum’s weeders revisit an earlier composition in 1868. Between two paintings, a farming task becomes a subject the painter can return to, reduce in scale and circulate differently.
