Pad langs een korenveld c. 1840 - 1860

Charles Rochussen made this sketch titled 'Pad langs een korenveld' with pencil. Rochussen lived during a time of significant social and political change in the Netherlands. The sketch provides insight into the artist's perception of the Dutch landscape and rural life. The choice of a cornfield as a subject reflects the importance of agriculture in Dutch society during the 19th century. It invites consideration of the labor and the lives of the rural working class, whose existence was deeply connected to the land. The simplicity of the sketch evokes a sense of the quiet, unadorned aspects of rural life. 'Pad langs een korenveld' is a work that prompts reflection on our relationship with the land and those whose lives are intertwined with it. It is a meditation on the relationship between landscape, identity, and society.