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The Song of the Lark

Jules Breton · 1884

Palette

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Details

Artist

Jules Breton

Date

1884

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Size

110.6 × 85.8 cm (43 1/2 × 33 3/4 in.); Framed: 142.3 × 116.9 cm (56 × 46 in.)

Place

France

Period

19th century

Themes

Landscapes · Birds · Work and rural life

Main colour

Brown · lightness 41, colourfulness 15

Art Institute of Chicago, Henry Field Memorial Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules