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The Little Housekeeper  1857

by Pierre Edouard Frère

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, wat...
Size: 
H: 12 7/8 x W: 9 7/16 in. (32.7 x 24 cm)
Medium: 
oil on panel
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum