Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2010.

Girl with a Four-Leaf Clover

Artist Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910)

Dateca. 1875

MediumOil on panel

DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 × 12 1/2 in. (20.3 × 31.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 14 × 18 1/2 in. (35.6 × 47 cm)

ClassificationsAmerican art

Credit LinePromised gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Batten

Object numberL2010.1.3

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DescriptionThis painting by Winslow Homer depicts a girl kneeling to pick a four-leaf clover, an age-old talisman of luck and romantic love.
Label TextWinslow Homer American, 1836–1910 Girl with a Four-Leaf Clover, ca. 1875 Oil on board Farmer with a Pitchfork, ca. 1874 Oil on board Promised gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Batten