The Farmer’s Return – Zoffany 1762
Posted on March 15 2012
Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733-1810
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Here is another just great painting. There is so much here to learn from that I could type until my fingers dropped off. Detail: door, chair, table, fireplace, lantern, pitcher, plates, copper mug, copper pan, colander, basket, brass skimmer, coat, pipe, neckware, boots, buckskin breeches, table, child, candlestick, women’s clothes, cat, spit, spit turner, brass buckle belt, walking stick, meat.