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A young peasant girl from the Vendée

Charles Milcendeau1899

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

The drawing represents an interior with a maid or the daughter of a farmer from the French Vendée region, more precisely from Les Sables-d’Olonne, a seaside town by the Atlantic Ocean. Very few details of the interior are given: a staircase to the right, and possibly a lamp behind her.

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  • Title: A young peasant girl from the Vendée
  • Creator: Charles Milcendeau
  • Date Created: 1899
  • Location Created: France
  • Physical Dimensions: 32.4 × 25.1 cm (12 3/4 × 9 7/8 in.)
  • Type: Drawing
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Fabricated black chalk
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 2016.23
  • Culture: French
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Charles Milcendeau (French, 1872 - 1919)
  • Classification: Drawings (Visual Works)
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