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A work made of watercolor, with touches of gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper.

Peasant Women from the Region of the Eaux-Bonnes

1845

Eugène Delacroix French, 1798-1863

France

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.

Watercolor, with touches of gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper

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