1849
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Truffle Gatherers is a 1849 by Charles Jacque, a Romanticism work, depicting Hunting, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows two boys in a forest, digging under trees with sticks. Their hats are soft and round. One holds a small basket, almost empty. Jacque painted this in the 1840s when country life was changing fast. His work often shows animals and simple tasks, but here the boys look tired, not happy. Maybe he wanted to show how hard it was to earn a living. See how the light filters through the leaves? The Cleveland Museum of Art has it now.
Charles-Émile Jacque (23 May 1813 – 7 May 1894) was a French painter of Pastoralism and engraver who was, with Jean-François Millet, part of the Barbizon School. He first learned to engrave maps when he spent seven years in the French Army.
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