Keywords: European School, 18th Century, Genre Painting, Pastoral Landscape, Washerwomen, Laundresses, Rural Life, Village Scene, River Landscape, Figurative Art, Old Master, Continental School, Domestic Labor, Pastoral Scene, Antique Painting

Summary:
Mystery Artist, Unsigned 18th-Early 19th century. high Quality, Oil on canvas painting depicting a pastoral laundry scene with a group of women and children gathered along the banks of a stream.

The canvas exhibits age-related craquelure, surface dirt and evidence of some previous restoration, including patches to the reverse. Presented in an antique wood frame with wear and losses consistent with age. Note Fine cabinetry made stretcher supports this work

Measurement: Art: 17 1/4 x 27 1/4 in. (43.8 x 69.2 cm.), Frame: 19 x 29 in. (48.3 x 73.7 cm.) approx

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