Jean-François Millet: The Goose Girl
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Artist |
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Object type |
painting ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Genre |
nude ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Description |
English: A young girl, identifiable as a peasant by her kerchief and her work-roughened hands and feet, extends her leg to dip a heel into the stream. In this painting, Millet refers to a long tradition in European art of depicting the idealized female nude in a natural setting, often in the guise of a mythological figure. The artist reworks this convention from a Realist perspective, emphasizing the goose girl's working-class status, adolescent body, and vulnerable pose. Millet developed this composition through numerous studies made over a period of seven years. |
Date |
circa 1863 date QS:P571,+1863-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 38 cm (14.9 in); width: 46.5 cm (18.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,38U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,46.5U174728 ; with frame: height: 58.2 cm (22.9 in); width: 66.6 cm (26.2 in); depth: 11.4 cm (4.5 in)dimensions QS:P2048,58.26U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,66.68U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,11.43U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
Accession number |
37.153 |
Place of creation |
France |
Object history |
- Ennemond Blanc [dealer], 1865, by purchase [from the artist]
- Van Praet, Brussels [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
- J. Saulnier, Bordeaux [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
- Mme Vve. Saulnier Sale, Paris, 1886, no. 64 [illus. 29]
- Sedelmeyer Sale, Paris, March 25, 1892, no. 10
- Henri Heugel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
- Henri Heugel Sale, Paris, May 26, 1905, no. 12
- 1905: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore
- 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
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Exhibition history |
From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1951. Birth of Impressionism. Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York. 1963. Man: Glory, Jest, and Riddle, A Survey of the Human Form Through the Ages. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco. 1964-1965. Before Monet: Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters: Highlights from The Walters Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998. Drawn into the Light: Jean-François Millet. The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; The Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh; Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, AJ Amsterdam. 1999-2000. Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach; Royal Academy of Arts, London; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton. 2000-2002. A Magnificent Age: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2002-2004. The Road to Impressionism: Landscapes from Corot to Manet. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2004-2005. The Road to Impressionism: Barbizon Landscapes from the Walters Art Museum. The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; The Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh. 2008-2009. 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin. 2010-2011. |
Credit line |
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1905 |
Inscriptions |
Signature bottom left:
J. F. Millet
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References |
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Source |
Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork |
Permission (Reusing this file) |
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