Ploughing in the Nivernais

Ploughing in the Nivernais (French: Labourage nivernais), also known as Oxen ploughing in Nevers or Plowing in Nivernais, is an 1849 painting by French artist Rosa Bonheur. It depicts two teams of oxen ploughing the land, and expresses deep commitment to the land; it may have been inspired by the opening scene of George Sand's 1846 novel La Mare au Diable. Commissioned by the government and winner of a First Medal at the Salon of 1849, today it is held in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.

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arable land, rural area, field, plain, farmer, hat, hill, Poaceae, Nièvre, plough, cloud, forest, autumn, man, sky, team, Charolais cattle, oxen, Nivernais, vaquero, tillage