Le Pardon de Plourin, Brittany
Can I see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “Le Pardon de Plourin, Brittany” now? Victoria and Albert Museum, Paintings, Room 81, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries, London. Yes, on view now. Checked September 25, 2026.
London, United Kingdom
RoomPaintings, Room 81, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries
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On public display.
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- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Léon Lhermitte (1844-1925) was born in Mont-Saint-Père but became a student at the Petite Ecole in Paris, under the supervision of Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1802-1897), whose classes were also attended by Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) and Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) among others. He exhibited at the Salon between 1866 and the first decade of the 20th century. He was a founder-member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1890 and was made officer of the Légion d'honneur in 1894.
This painting is typical of Lhermitte's peasant scenes. It shows a scene of everyday life outside of a church on the occasion of a religious feast called a 'Pardon' celebrated during Easter.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Details
- Accession number
- CAI.69
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
![A Pig; Breton Peasant Kneeling [verso], Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/13146db4-7e29-45f6-befe-7d3904ec97c0/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
