Title

La Laitière, 18th century. Creator: Jean Baptiste Marie Huet.

Caption

La Laitière, 18th century. The Milkmaid. The figure is possibly based on Perrette in Jean de la Fontaine's "La Laitière et le Pot au Lait", (book VII, fable x). The dairy maid's pose, with container on her head, echoes classical water carriers.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Fine Art Images

Reference

HRM22B16_046

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52,3Mb (1,9Mb) / 12,2in x 16,6in / 3667 x 4986 (300dpi)

Keywords

countryside drink female carrying women woman people job painting country French France body bodies occupation feet foot color rustic location century milk profession barefoot concept full length full-length bare feet institution dairy product Colour 18th century Eighteenth Century rural milkmaid rural life stile the body dairy worker Jean Jean de la Fontaine Fontaine Regionalism Jean Baptiste Marie Huet Huet Jean Baptiste Marie Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet Jean de Painting Heritage Art Jean de la John Fontaine de la Fontaine La Fontaine Jean Baptiste Houet Houet Jean Baptiste Jean-Baptiste Huet I Jean Baptiste Huet Huet Jean Baptiste Paris Museums picture Jean Baptiste Hu?t Hu?t Jean Baptiste Jean-Baptiste H?et H?et Jean-Baptiste