Twee mannen en een vrouw op een korenveld 1768

Pierre Adrien Le Beau's 1768 etching "Twee mannen en een vrouw op een korenveld" (Two Men and a Woman in a Wheat Field) depicts a scene in which a woman stands in a field of wheat, while two men observe her. The etching, housed in the Rijksmuseum, is a small work, measuring 244 mm in height and 211 mm in width. The scene is framed by a round border, highlighting the figures in the field, and the text below offers an inscription in French about the scene. The work likely offers a humorous commentary on the act of gleaning, a practice that allowed the poor to collect leftover grain after harvest. The image is a fine example of 18th-century printmaking and a playful study of social interaction.