The Little Milkmaid, by Théodule Ribot, c. 1865
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The Little Milkmaid

Théodule Ribot (French, 1823–1891)

c. 1865

Medium
oil on fabric
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
Unframed: 46.3 x 38.3 cm (18 1/4 x 15 1/16 in.)
Culture
France, 19th century
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Credit line
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

View at the Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

Members of Ribot's family are the likely models for many of his figure compositions, in which the subjects engage in humble activities, such as preparing meals or gathering in groups to read to each other.