Nº 89
Reading edition
Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriel DUTCH: 1828-
IN THE CORNFIELD
Height, 26 inches; length, 40 inches
A broad wheat field has been reaped and the corn stacked in a long rank ready for threshing. A cart, upon which two men are loading the sheaves, forms the central object in the composition, and is in strong contrast against a turbulent sunlit sky beyond. On the right of the field is a piece of waste ground bounded by a hedge of low bushes and trees, around which flutters a flock of birds. Great masses of rolling clouds partly cover the sky, their edges touched by the sunlight, their shape and character threatening a succession of wind and rain storms.
Signed at the lower left, Gabriel.