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Source Description
A young village girl bends over a stove to peer into a large marmite, the contents of which she stirs with a strainer. She wears a white cap and apron, a casaque, and a petticoat, wool stockings and sabots. At her feet is an earthenware bowl, some kindling and firewood. In the background are various utensils including a salt box and dust basket, wine bottles, milk can, water jug and basin.
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Document identity
localId
13895
label
The Little Housekeeper
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
13895
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
The Little Housekeeper
description
A young village girl bends over a stove to peer into a large marmite, the contents of which she stirs with a strainer. She wears a white cap and apron, a casaque, and a petticoat, wool stockings and sabots. At her feet is an earthenware bowl, some kindling and firewood. In the background are various utensils including a salt box and dust basket, wine bottles, milk can, water jug and basin.
provenance
French and English Exhibition of Pictures, National Academy of Design, New York, October 29, 1859; William T. Walters, Baltimore, October 29, 1859, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1857
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
32.7
height
24
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 7/8 x W: 9 7/16 in. (32.7 x 24 cm); Framed H: 22 7/16 x W: 19 1/8 in. (57 x 48.5 cm); Stretcher H: 12 5/8 x W: 17 15/16 in. (32.07 x 45.56 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] In black paint lower left: Ed. Frère; [Date] In black paint lower left: 57; [Number] On back of panel: 623
med
oil on panel
creator_ids
4366
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2458
2747
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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2
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photo
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