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The Washerwomen

 (French, 1817–1878)
Date1870–74
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions20 7/8 x 31 1/2 in. (53 x 80 cm)
Credit LineHenry Clay Frick Bequest
Accession number1896.1.32
Collection History

David Sellar, London. Sourigne sale, February 28, 1881, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Lot 10, as Village au bord de l’eau, sold for 20,000 francs. A. Tavernier sale, June 11, 1894, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Lot 4, as Laveuses, sold for 68,000 francs. Henri Garnier sale, December 3–4, 1894, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Lot 31, as Laveuses. Knoedler. Frick, 1896.

Source: Paintings in The Frick Collection: French, Italian and Spanish. Volume II. New York: The Frick Collection, 1968.

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