Alfred-Alexandre Delauney (French, 1830-1894) after Constant Troyon (French, 1810-1865). Etching on laid paper after a 1853 Troyon painting titled "Cattle Pasture in the Touraine (Pasturage in the Touraine, near Chateau-La-valliere)" depicting cows and sheep under a cloud-filled sky, 1883. Signed in plate by Delauney along the lower right. With an "MA" watermark. The Troyon painting is in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The print is from Albert Wolff "Cent Chefs-d'Oeuvre: The Choice of French Private Galleries." Paris: Georges Petit and Ludovic Bashet, 1883. Distributed by Knoedler & Co., New York.
Height: 12 1/2 in x width: 17 3/4 in. The sheet is lightly toned and there is a light undulation to the sheet. There is a loss along the lower left edge. There is a minute crease along the lower right corner. Wear to the edges. There is a small tear along the upper left edge. The number "66" is written in pencil along the upper right. Not framed.