The Cowherdess, Eragny (1886): Art, History and Details

The Cowherdess, Eragny (1886) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This drawing of a peasant girl seen from the back with her bodice cinched at the waist was a study for a figure who appeared in an oil painting, Vachère à Eragny, 1886, and later in a watercolor of a fan painted in 1890. In a letter to his son, Pissarro mentioned being particularly pleased with the figure.

Object facts

• Title: The Cowherdess, Eragny
• Date: 1886
• Creator attribution: Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: crayon
• Dimensions: Sheet: 43.6 x 29.1 cm (17 3/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
• Collection: DR - French
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 1947.2609

Collection credit

Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Francis, Henry. "A Black Crayon Drawing by Camille Pissarro." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 35, no. 6 (June 1948): 103-104.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.

View the collection record

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