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The Knitting Girl

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Year
  
1869 (1869)

Created
  
1869

Genre
  
Portrait

Medium
  
Oil on canvas

Period
  
Neoclassicism

Location
  
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha

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Dimensions
  
145 cm × 99 cm (57 in × 39 in)

Artist
  
William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Similar
  
The Dance, The Young Shepherdess, The Shepherdess, The Nut Gatherers, Alone in the World

The Knitting Girl (French: La Couseuse) is a painting created by nineteenth century French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau in 1869. The painting is also referred to as Knitting Anne due to the simplistic nature of the young woman portrayed in the painting. The painting is currently held in the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska in the United States.

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The Knitting Girl Wikipedia