# Peasant Women from the Region of the Eaux-Bonnes

- By: Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
- Date: 1845
- Medium: Watercolor, with touches of gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 34 × 26.2 cm (13 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Helen Regenstein Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/61564)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/dc28a17d-2967-1d8c-669d-8fbb031baa96/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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In the summer of 1845, Delacroix went to the Pyrenees to take the waters at the spa of Eaux-Bonnes near the Spanish border, where he delighted in the natural dignity of the local peasants and the beauty of their colorful dress.

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