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Holding a bunch of peonies in one hand, a woman with brown skin leans forward, toward us from behind a large basket holding dozens of flowers in this horizontal painting. The basket holding the flowers spans the width of the canvas, and the woman is shown behind it from the chest up. She wears a cream-white, long-sleeved blouse with scalloped trim around the high neck. She wears coral-red earrings, and a plaid cloth in tones of rust red, slate blue, pale purple, and black is tied tightly over her black hair, which is visible over her ears. Her brow is slightly furrowed, and she looks at us…
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Young Woman with Peonies

Frédéric Bazille (French, 1841 - 1870)

1870

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 60 x 75 cm (23 5/8 x 29 1/2 in.) ; framed: 83.8 x 99.4 x 7.6 cm (33 x 39 1/8 x 3 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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