| The Laundress (La Blanchisseuse) | |
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| Artist | Honoré Daumier |
| Year | c. 1863 |
| Type | Oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 49 cm × 33.5 cm (19 in × 13.2 in) |
| Location | Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
The Laundress (La Blanchisseuse) (also known in English as The Washerwoman) is an oil-on-panel painted by French artist Honoré Daumier in 1863. It is exhibited at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. The subject of laundresses, also known as washerwomen, was a popular one in art, especially in France.[1]
- ^ Malcolmson, Patricia (1986). English laundresses : a social history, 1850-1930. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. 6. ISBN 0-252-01293-3. OCLC 12808522.