1830
oil
panel
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Stone Breaker and His Daughter is a 1830 oil by Edwin Landseer, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
In this painting, a man and a girl are shown in a landscape setting. The man is seated on the ground, wearing a hat and a cloak, with a large stone beside him. He looks at the girl, who stands before him, dressed in a long skirt and a shawl. A small dog is also present, lying on the ground between them. The scene is set outdoors, with trees and hills visible in the background. The overall atmosphere appears to be one of quiet contemplation, with the figures engaged in a moment of introspection. This painting is reminiscent of the work of Edwin Landseer, who was known for his detailed and expressive depictions of everyday life.
The Stone Breaker and His Daughter is an 1830 genre painting by the British artist Edwin Landseer. It shows a stonebreaker, one of the workers who broke rocks for the laying of new roads, in the Scottish Highlands. Landseer offers a sympathetic depiction of the weary man, exhausted by his tiring labour, and contrasts it with the fresh-faced innocence of his young daughter who has brought him his lunch basket. It is also known simply as The Stonebreaker. The work was displayed at the British Institution's annual exhibition of 1830 in Pall Mall. Today the painting is in the collection of the…
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Sir Edwin Henry Landseer was an English painter and sculptor, well known for his paintings of animals – particularly horses, dogs, and stags. His best-known work is the lion sculptures at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.
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