The Maidservant
Artist
Camille Pissarro
(French, 1830 - 1903)
Date1875
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions36 1/2 x 28 3/4 in. (92.7 x 73 cm)
Overall, Frame: 45 1/2 x 37 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (115.6 x 95.9 x 11.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 45 1/2 x 37 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (115.6 x 95.9 x 11.4 cm)
ClassificationsEuropean art
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.530
Terms
- Woman
- Servant
- Green
- White
- Brown
- Impressionist
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On View
On viewLabel TextCamille Pissarro French, 1830–1903 The Maidservant, 1875 Oil on canvas Young women and girls who left farms in search of a better lfie often found work in cities like Paris as domestic servants, shop workers, and factory laborers. This girl seems uncomfortable as she brings a drink out to the beautiful garden of a large house in Paris in the middle of the day. She is serving absinthe, an anise-flavored liquor then all the face in France. Highly intoxicating and thought to be hallucinatory, it was closely associated with debauchery and the ills of urban life. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.530
