A Peasant Girl in a Straw Hat

c. 1892

Camille Pissarro

Associated Names
Camille Pissarro

Artist, French, born St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1830 - 1903

The image shows a woman standing. She is slightly to the right, looking downward with her face in profile. The woman has a soft complexion, indistinct facial features, and her hair is tucked under a wide-brimmed hat. She is wearing a long dress with muted pastel colors and long sleeves, along with dark shoes that seem greenish. The background is plain.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Artist's estate; M. et Mme André Wormser, Paris. (Sotheby's, London, 2 December 1987, no. 451); Swiss private collection; (Neffe-Degandt Fine Art, London); purchased by NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, 219.

2012

  • Impressionism: Pastels, Watercolors, Drawings. Albertina, Vienna, 2012 (not in catalogue).

2019

  • The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

stamped lower right: C.P.

Watermarks

Caduceus with letters CF (Canson Frères)

Wikidata ID

Q64537834

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