Description
A woman stands in a flowered meadow beside a river, holding a long stick or tool across her body. She wears a reddish blouse and a dark skirt, with a head covering. The water stretches behind her, reflecting the pale sky and far bank. Tall grasses and red flowers surround her lower body, while distant hills and trees form a low horizon.
About A Moment of Rest Reproduction
Warm reds and browns in her clothing contrast with green grass and blue-gray water. The sky is pale gold and lavender, with soft cloud forms. The flowers create bright patches near the foreground. Her face and hands are more defined than the loose strokes of the distant shoreline.
The stance is upright of the figure and steady, with the stick forming a diagonal across her torso. The meadow plants frame her without obscuring the dress. Water and sky create a broad backdrop, leaving room around the figure. The scene combines a close portrait-like presence with open landscape, and the warm light ties the clothing and flowers to the evening-colored sky.The long tool crosses her torso, while flower heads reach toward her waist. A warmer glow lies above the water and is echoed in the river surface. Her long tool crosses the body at an angle, and the reddish blouse contrasts with the flowered meadow. The river and distant bank open behind her. Flowers mark the path along the edge of the water.
The hand-painted reproduction
ByMuseum offers A Moment Of Rest by Daniel Ridgway Knight as a hand-painted oil reproduction on canvas. Display vertically where the figure and river horizon can be seen together.
- Red blossoms cluster around her skirt
- A pale horizon opens over the water
- Painted individually in oil on canvas.
- Select the available size and presentation on this page.





