Harvest (Harvesters) 1893

"Harvest (Harvesters)" is a painting by António de Carvalho da Silva Porto, completed in 1893, just a year before the artist’s death. This realist painting, housed in the Soares dos Reis National Museum in Porto, Portugal, depicts two women in a field of wheat, one standing and the other bending over to gather sheaves of grain. The painting captures the labor of harvesting, a quintessential element of rural life in Portugal. The detail in the field, the women’s attire, and the overall composition showcase Silva Porto’s mastery of realism. The painting’s subject and style contributed to Silva Porto’s recognition as one of Portugal’s most important 19th-century painters.