La Laitière (The Milkmaid)

DESCRIPTION: The image shows a vintage sepia-toned print or photogravure of "La Laitière" (The Milkmaid), an iconic 18th-century painting by French Rococo artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze, housed in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. Created around 1780, a young, contemplative French milkmaid leaning against a horse while holding a dairy pail. The original artwork beautifully exemplifies Greuze's sentimental genre style, depicting a young milkmaid in rustic, pastoral attire leaning gently against her horse. This is a vintage sepia-toned photographic print or photogravure. STYLE: Photogravure COLOUR: Sepia SIZE (cm; mount board typically a few mm larger): 17.75 x 22 CREATORS: after Jean-Baptiste Greuze PUBLICATION: PUBLISHER: DATE: ?C19 COMMENTS: Excellent condition with some patina from its antiquity SUBJECT: Works of Art PACKAGE: Single one-sided sheet in acid-free mount, flat & unfolded inside hard-backed envelope. Royal Mail Tracked 24 included. Note: Images are provided for illustration purposes only and are intended to show the complete printed product, including any imperfections of age that may be present. Frames or props shown in the images are for display purposes only and are not included with your purchase.