Returning from the Well

ca. 1860

26.7 cm 40.7 cm

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The artist Hébert worked in the classical tradition, and painted Italian genre scenes, religious subjects, and portraits.A young peasant girl ascends a hil carrying a water jug on her head and another on her left hip. The sun is setting on the low horizon, and since it is twi...

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Purchased by Goupil et Cie (from artist), Paris, on December 25 1858 or early in 1861 [1]; purchased by François Petit, Paris, on March 10 1860 or April 1861. William T. Walters, Baltimore, between 1878 and 1884 [mode of acquisition unknown]; by inheritance, Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest, Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Goupil et Cie Stockbook 1, Stock no. 885, Page 97, Row 6 or Goupil et Cie Stockbook 2, Stock no. 111, Page 13, Row 3.
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