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

Girl with a Four-Leaf Clover

Artist Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910)

CultureAmerican

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)

Credit LinePromised gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Batten

Object numberL2010.1.3

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 212

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 Exhibition History"American Masterpieces from the Batten Collection," Gallery 220, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., January 26 - July 31, 2011. "Our Community Collects: From Durer to Warhol and Beyond," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, September 21 - December 31, 2011. "The Agrarian Ideal: Monet, van Gogh, Homer," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 7, 2016 - January 8, 2017.