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Preparing Dinner
(18th and 19th Centuries )
In an alcove of an Ecouen kitchen a peasant woman stands stooped over a bowl with her back to the viewer. Light streaming through the window illuminates the alcove, showing the onions and apples on the sill, the beets and a wicker basket containing a section of squash on a chest, and an exceptionally large cabbage lying on the floor, as well as various utensils, a wicker hamper, a keg, an iron pot, a large ceramic pitcher and various strainers and ladles hanging from pegs on the wall. Discernible within the dimly lit interior are a chest, several pots, and the wash hung to dry.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1878 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1994 | Artful Dining: The Exhibition. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1980-1982 | The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing, 1830-1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn; Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis; Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 4/22/1977 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 5/3/1977 | Treatment | cleaned; coated; mounted |
| 5/3/1977 | Treatment | examined for loan; other |
| 10/26/1978 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 7/16/1984 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
Geographies
France
(Place of Origin)
France, Ecouen (Place Depicted)
Measurements
H: 16 1/16 x W: 21 1/16 in. (40.8 x 53.5 cm); Framed H: 22 1/16 × W: 26 15/16 × D: 2 1/4 in. (56 × 68.5 × 5.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1878
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.27