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'''''The Goose Girl''''' is an 1891 painting by [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau]], a [[France|French]] [[academic painter]]. ''The Goose Girl'' is one of many examples that Bouguereau specialized in paintings of beautiful women and innocent, barefoot, young peasant girls.


It is part of the permanent collection of the [[Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art]] at [[Cornell University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://emuseum.cornell.edu/view/objects/asitem/search@/0?t:state:flow=dfab645e-8314-447f-9ffa-248ea015d6c6 |title=The Goose Girl |website=Johnson Museum of Art |publisher=Cornell University |access-date=June 27, 2020}}</ref>
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'''The Goose Girl''' is an 1891 painting by [[Adolphe William Bouguereau]], a [[France|French]] [[academic painter]]. The Goose Girl is one of many examples that Bouguereau specialized in paintings of beautiful women, and innocent, barefoot, young peasant girls.


== Description ==
It is part of the permanent collection of the [[Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art]] at [[Cornell University]].
The life-size character in the foreground (on a frame measuring 152 × 74 cm) is that of a young girl represented full-length, turned to the right, her face oriented towards the viewer, slightly bent and smiling. She wears a blue skirt, a shawl on the shoulders placed on a white shirt with short or rolled up sleeves. Barefoot on a dirt road, she imposes herself on a flock of geese visible on both sides in the background against a background of green foliage, a wand in her hand, thereby indicating her function as a guard.


== References ==
== References ==
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* [http://www.museum.cornell.edu/HFJ/handbook/hb140.html Description from the online handbook at the museum]


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Latest revision as of 22:32, 14 October 2024

The Goose Girl
ArtistWilliam-Adolphe Bouguereau
Year1891
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions152 cm × 74 cm (60 in × 29 in)
LocationJohnson Museum of Art, Ithaca

The Goose Girl is an 1891 painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, a French academic painter. The Goose Girl is one of many examples that Bouguereau specialized in paintings of beautiful women and innocent, barefoot, young peasant girls.

It is part of the permanent collection of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University.[1]

Description

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The life-size character in the foreground (on a frame measuring 152 × 74 cm) is that of a young girl represented full-length, turned to the right, her face oriented towards the viewer, slightly bent and smiling. She wears a blue skirt, a shawl on the shoulders placed on a white shirt with short or rolled up sleeves. Barefoot on a dirt road, she imposes herself on a flock of geese visible on both sides in the background against a background of green foliage, a wand in her hand, thereby indicating her function as a guard.

References

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  1. ^ "The Goose Girl". Johnson Museum of Art. Cornell University. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
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