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Although painted at Barbizon in 1854–1856, this scene was inspired by a visit which Millet made to his birthplace in the summer of 1854. Behind the goose girl, the geese are watering in a stream which runs down the steep hillside to the sea. The houses of Gruchy, a hamlet near Cherbourg, are visible in the left background. This highly finished pastoral scene is of a type which was highly popular with British collectors. Acquired by J. McGavin of Glasgow in 1878, it was purchased by Gwendoline Davies in 1909.

National Museum Cardiff

Title

The Goose Girl at Gruchy

Date

1854–1856

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 33 x W 24.8 cm

Accession number

NMW A 2479

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Gwendoline Davies, 1951

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Frame: Label: PICTURES FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES (in aid of the Friends of the National Museum of Wales) Agnew's Galleries London 1956 ARTIST: MILLET TITLE: La Petite Gardeuse d'Oies MUSEUM CATALOGUE NUMBER: 791 Label: .....H No.1609 J.F. Millet The Goo.... Label: (underneath Agnew's label) THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES ABERYSTWYTH Title of Picture: La Gardeuse Artist: Millet..

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