Pastoral Scenes
Interrupted Whetting
José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior
A masterful 19th-century realist study of a rural laborer pausing mid-task.
Art for the Hallway
Smaller-format works that add rhythm and character in transition spaces.
Clear composition and steady rhythm help these works add character in a space you move through quickly.
Pastoral Scenes
Caipira Cutting Tobacco
José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior
A masterfully rendered scene of rural life, capturing a quiet moment of focus in warm, sun-drenched earth tones.
Pastoral Scenes
Itacolomi Peak, Ouro Preto
Aurélio de Figueiredo
A sweeping 19th-century landscape featuring the distinctive Pico do Itacolomi mountain and a serene rural valley.
oil paint
Oaxaca Cathedral
José María Velasco Gómez Obregón
A luminous 19th-century study of the Oaxaca Cathedral bathed in warm, golden-hour light.
Pastoral Scenes
Fine Weather (Country Idyll)
Belmiro de Almeida
An idyllic nineteenth-century genre painting depicting a romantic encounter in a sunlit garden.
Figure Studies
A West Indian Flower Girl and Two other Free Women of Color
Agostino Brunias
An elegant 18th-century genre painting by Agostino Brunias depicting women in festive West Indian attire.