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Eyre Crowe
A sheep shearing match 1875
oil on canvas
37.5 × 83.1 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Ms Deidre Cowan, Governor, 2002
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A sheep shearing match
1875
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
37.5 × 83.1 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Ms Deidre Cowan, Governor, 2002
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Eyre Crowe spent his childhood in France. At the age of fifteen, he entered the studio of the artist Paul Delaroche. Delaroche was renowned for large-scale history and narrative paintings which he rendered in a highly finished and detailed manner, in a style derived from Neo-Classicism. Crowe painted with an intense realism and he had a very fine technique, almost like that of a miniaturist. He also had remarkable powers of observation and related many subtle nuances of a scene, which gives his work a seductive impression of credibility and authenticity. Even during Crowe’s lifetime, his paintings were likened to photographs.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in black paint l.c.r.: 1875
inscribed in black paint l.c.r.: E. CROWE
Accession Number
2002.162
Department
International Painting
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Subjects (general)
Agriculture Animals Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
animal enclosure competitions (events) domestic sheep (species) men (male humans) shearers sheep shears tents (portable buildings) wool (hair material)