Fieldworkers at Rest
Fieldworkers at Rest
Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828)
Fieldworkers at Rest
Brown washes over pencil
9 by 13 cm., 3 ½ by 5 in.
Provenance:
Baron Charles Rivet (1800-1872) and by descent to 2006;
With Galerie de Bayser, Paris, 2007, where bought by the present owner
Literature:
Patrick Noon, Richard Parkes Bonington, the Complete Paintings, New Haven & London, 2008, p. 165, no. 127
Patrick Noon dates this to circa 1825 (op.cit.) and suggests it may have drawn on the spot near Mantes.