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| Keywords: Jean-François Millet - The Goose Girl - Walters 37153.jpg 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 ca 1863 Oil on canvas cm 38 46 5 ; size cm 58 26 66 68 11 43 accession number 37 153 31158 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 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1905 J F Millet 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 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings by Jean-François Millet II French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Paintings of nude females with trees Geese in art 1863 paintings Paintings of rivers 1860s paintings from France Paintings of nude women sitting on the ground outdoors 19th-century paintings of bathing females Paintings of nude sitting females in the 19th century | ||||
