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| Keywords: François Bonvin - Drawing Water - Walters 37199.jpg A servant stands to the right of a copper urn drawing water into a bucket At the left a towel is suspended on the wall and on the floor are placed a large ceramic jug and a small bowl Weisberg 1979 suggested that the artist in this instance drew inspiration from Chardin's La Pourvoyeuse or from La Fontaine de cuivre This subject is recurrent in Bonvin's work In later versions such as the Servant Drawing Water Louvre R F 462 painted in 1861 for the actor P Bressant and The House Maid J S Inglis Sale American Art Association March 11-12 1909 no 101 dated 1867 the artist included vistas of a kitchen in the right background recalling the compositions of Dutch 17th-century masters notably those of Pieter de Hooch 1858 Oil on canvas cm 45 5 32 4 accession number 37 199 27039 Henry Walters Baltimore between 1895 and 1899 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters between 1895 and 1899 F Bonvin 1858 signed and dated at lower left François Bonvin Wheelock Whitney and Co New York 1984 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D François Bonvin French paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1850s paintings from France 1858 paintings Paintings by Chardin in the Louvre | ||||
