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Constant Troyon

1810–1865

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Why this artist matters now

Constant Troyon was a French painter of the Barbizon school. In the early part of his career, he painted mostly landscapes. It was only comparatively late in life that Troyon found his métier as a painter of animals, and achieved international recognition.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 85% · Updated 11d ago

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Artworks (15)

The Road to Market

1858 · Oil on canvas

92 × 73.4 cm (36 1/4 × 28 7/8 in.); Framed: 130.4 × 111.8 × 13.6 cm (51 3/8 × 44 × 5 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Clump of Trees

1855 · Oil on canvas

33 × 24.9 cm (13 × 9 7/8 in.); Framed: 63.9 × 55.9 × 8.9 cm (25 1/8 × 22 × 3 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pasture in Normandy

1852 · Oil on panel

38.5 × 55 cm (15 1/8 × 25 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

River Bank with Cattle

1850 · black and white chalk on blue wove paper

Overall: 15.5 x 40.8 cm (6 1/8 x 16 1/16 in.) support: 26.8 x 51 cm (10 9/16 x 20 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Approaching Storm

1849 · oil on canvas on board

overall: 116.2 x 157.5 cm (45 3/4 x 62 in.) framed: 159.4 x 199.7 x 17.8 cm (62 3/4 x 78 5/8 x 7 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Cows and Sheep under Trees

1845 · charcoal and white chalk with touches of red chalk on blue-gray laid paper

sheet: 21.1 x 31.7 cm (8 5/16 x 12 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Windmill against a Cloudy Sky

1845 · oil paint and black chalk over charcoal on tan paper

overall: 46.7 x 36.5 cm (18 3/8 x 14 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Unfinished Study of Sheep

1845 · Oil on canvas

45.8 × 37.8 cm (18 × 14 7/8 in.); Framed: 75 × 67.4 × 15.3 cm (29 1/2 × 26 1/2 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bathers by a Giant Oak

1842 · charcoal with stumping and erasing, black chalk, and oil paint, with touches of white chalk, on tan wove paper

overall: 66.8 x 51.8 cm (26 5/16 x 20 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Strandgezicht met kaapstanders

1840 · panel, oil paint (paint)

height: 36 cm, width: 47 cm, depth: 9.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Marsh

1840 · Oil on canvas

93 × 140 cm (36 1/2 × 55 in.); Framed: 122 × 169 cm (48 × 66 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Farmyard with Man and Cattle

1830 · Black chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper with pink and blue fibers

19.7 × 24 cm (7 13/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Edge of a Forest

1830 · Black crayon, heightened with white chalk, on tan wove paper (discolored to brown), laid down on cream wove paper

60.2 × 47.1 cm (23 3/4 × 18 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape with Figures

1825 · oil on wood

overall: 26.04 × 34.93 cm (10 1/4 × 13 3/4 in.) framed: 58.42 × 67.95 × 7.62 cm (23 × 26 3/4 × 3 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Oude boom bij een boerderij

1820 · chalk, paper

height: 340 cm, width: 475 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Oude boom bij een boerderij
1820 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Strandgezicht met kaapstanders
1840 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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