Gazette Drouot logo print
Lot n° 4

Jean-Baptiste PILLEMENT (1728-1808)

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Herd in the countryside. Oil on panel. 17 x 27 cm. Dirty varnish and scratches. Provenance: Sale Mes Maurice Rheims & Laurin, expert René Lebel, Palais Galliera, March 7, 1967, lot 70 (reproduced). "On the left, under the arch of a bridge, near a stream, a peasant on his donkey seems to indicate his way to a peasant woman dressed in blue and carrying a child on her back. Two goats seem to follow her. We see mountains and a village on the other side of the street".