Focus on this artwork and discuss the History.
It was acquired in 1885 by Russian art patron Sergei Tretyakov at the posthumous sale of the artist's works at Georges Petit's gallery, in Paris. The Musée du Luxembourg had initially been interested in the work, but instead chose Haymaking (later transferred to the Louvre then to the Musée d'Orsay). Village Love later entered the State Museum of New Western Art and the Pushkin Museum, in Moscow, in 1948 where it still hangs.
Haymaking Musée d'Orsay Moscow Musée du Luxembourg Georges Petit Pushkin Museum Louvre Paris Sergei Tretyakov