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Washerwomen

1768
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 529
Together with Shepherd's Idyll, this painting was probably commissioned by Roslin d'Ivry for the Château d'Hénonville. At the end of his life Boucher painted numerous large decorative canvases, often culling motifs from other paintings and drawings. Several of the figures here seem to be based on Boucher's memory of earlier works.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Washerwomen
  • Artist: François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris)
  • Date: 1768
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 95 x 93 in. (241.3 x 236.2 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Julia A. Berwind, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.225.2
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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