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Women washing at a Stream

Alessandro Magnasco, 1667–1749

York Art Gallery, York

This everyday scene is painted against a wooded backdrop, with the figures of the washerwomen displayed across the middle and foreground of the picture. In 1955, Mr Lycett Green presented his collection of 137 pictures to the City of York Art Gallery through the Art Fund. In 1957 he made a further gift of 6 paintings to the Gallery and then again in1958 of 2 paintings including this one.

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Title of artwork, date

Women washing at a Stream, 1667–1749

Date supported

1958

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

85 x 128.2 cm

Gifted by

F D Lycett Green

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