| In the Ploughed Field: Spring | |
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| Russian: На пашне. Весна | |
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| Artist | Alexey Venetsianov |
| Year | First half of 1820s |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 51.2 cm × 65.5 cm (20.2 in × 25.8 in) |
| Location | Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
In the Ploughed Field: Spring[a] (Russian: На пашне. Весна, romanized: Na Pashne. Vesna) is an oil painting by Russian artist Alexey Venetsianov made in the first half of the 1820s. The painting depicts an elegantly dressed peasant mother leading two horses with a harrow while also keeping an eye on her child who is seated near the furrows. It has been in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Russia since 1893, and is regarded as one of Venetsianov's greatest works.
The painting is part of Venetsianov's series depicting peasant labour. He worked on the painting in the Vyshnevolotsky Uyezd of Tver Governorate in the early 1820s. The history of the painting, starting from the 1840s, is unknown until Pavel Tretyakov purchased it for his gallery in 1893. Despite its small size, it is considered a masterpiece of the Tretyakov Gallery collection and is regarded by art historians as an integral part of Russian national culture's classical heritage.
- ^ Gray 1999, p. 667.
- ^ Stites 2005, p. 349.
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