The Little Housekeeper

Description A young village girl bends over a stove to peer into a large marmite, the contents of which she stirs with a strainer. She wears a white cap and apron, a casaque, and a petticoat, wool stockings and sabots. At her feet is an earthenware bowl, some kindling and firewood. In the background are various utensils including a salt box and dust basket, wine bottles, milk can, water jug and basin.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/01/1949	Treatment	cleaned
7/01/1994	Treatment	cleaned; coated
9/02/1998	Loan Consideration	examined for loan

Exhibitions

• French Exhibition. The French Gallery, London. 0.
• Artful Dining: The Exhibition. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1994.

Provenance French and English Exhibition of Pictures, National Academy of Design, New York, October 29, 1859; William T. Walters, Baltimore, October 29, 1859, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] In black paint lower left: Ed. Frère; [Date] In black paint lower left: 57; [Number] On back of panel: 623

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters, 1859