Landscape with Cattle at Limousin

• Jules Dupré (1811–1889)
• 1837
• Oil on canvas
• Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
• (1975.1.169)

Beginning in 1834, Jules Dupré traveled to England, where he encountered the work of landscape masters such as John Constable. Their influence is evident here in the depiction of gray storm clouds and the white clouds beneath them. Cattle graze leisurely in the pasture, set in Limousin, a region of southwestern France renowned for livestock. The vivid movement of nature unfolds across the broad panorama, creating a strong sense of spatial depth.