An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child, Léon Bonnat, 1869–70

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An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child, 1869–70, Oil on canvas, 73 1/2 x 41 1/2 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Léon Bonnat (French, Bayonne 1833–1922 Monchy-Saint-Eloi), Bonnat is said to have studied this peasant woman and child from life while he was in Egypt for the opening ceremony of the Suez Canal in 1869. The painting was praised at the Paris Salon the following year and again when it was first exhibited in New York in 1876

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Size: 3238px × 5954px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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