Mikhail Konstantinovich Klodt
Cows at a Watering-Place
1871
oil on canvas
34 x 51 cm
Samara Art Museum

Cows at a Watering-Place is a copy by the painter of the landscape he submitted to the first travelling exhibition of 1871. The artist depicts a typical Central Russian landscape, opening up on a broad and distant perspective; in it, he has been able to render the slow pace of everyday rural life. The painter pays such special attention to details, that he comes close to naturalism. This overly careful attention to detail led to occasional criticism from some of his contemporaries.