Nº 76
Reading edition
Willem Carel Nakken DUTCH: 1835-
BUILDING THE RICK
Height, 20½ inches; length, 30 inches
In the left foreground is a partly constructed rick, on the top of which are two farmers, engaged in arranging the sheaves, while a third is handing them from a two-wheeled cart near by, which is drawn by three sturdy farm horses. In the shadow of the rick sits a woman with her faithful dog, and on the right in the distance is a wide field, bounded by a line of low rounded trees. The landscape is in full sunlight and the sky is nearly covered by soft luminous clouds.
Signed at the lower left, W. C. Nakken.