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Washerwoman, Study

1880
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 823
Most of the works that Pissarro submitted to the 1882 Impressionist exhibition were figure paintings in which the local villagers who had routinely animated his rural landscapes assumed monumental form, indicating a shift in his artistic focus. Pissarro's neighbor in Pontoise, a fifty-six-year-old mother of four named Marie Larchevêque, sat for this work, which was shown as Laveuse, étude (Washerwoman, Study).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Washerwoman, Study
  • Artist: Camille Pissarro (French, Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas 1830–1903 Paris)
  • Date: 1880
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 28 3/4 × 23 1/4 in. (73 × 59.1 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nate B. Spingold, 1956
  • Object Number: 56.184.1
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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