Up from the Cellar (La Sortie de la cave), 1857, François Bonvin, French, Paris 1817–Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1887, 17 1/2 × 13 in. ( × 33 cm), Oil on canvas, France, 19th century, François Bonvin’s paintings, drawings, and prints often depicted women doing chores. We see them pouring water from pitchers, cutting bread for the family meal, ironing, or, as in this painting, fetching a container of wine. The setting is likely one Bonvin knew by heart: the background resembles the inn owned by his father in Vaugirard, just outside Paris

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