The image shows a woman and a child sitting on the grass. The woman is facing the child, with her hands on her lap. She has medium-length hair and is wearing a patterned dress with a necklace. The child is seated to the left, with a slight downward head tilt. Also wearing a patterned dress, the child has hands clasped together in front of the chest. The background includes tall grasses and thin trees with sparse leaves.
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Two Peasant Girls

Paula Modersohn-Becker (German, 1876 - 1907)

c. 1900

Medium
etching, drypoint and roulette on heavy wove paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
plate: 14 × 9.8 cm (5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in.) ; sheet: 33.4 × 26.8 cm (13 1/8 × 10 9/16 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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