A Peasant Woman Picking Fleas off a Dog

ca. 1626–27

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: Oval 7 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. (18.1 x 13.7 cm); set in rectangular panel 8 x 6 1/4 in. (20.3 x 15.9 cm)
Collection no.: 32.100.1
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Adriaen Brouwer. A Peasant Woman Picking Fleas off a Dog. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

A Peasant Woman Picking Fleas off a Dog — Adriaen Brouwer. ca. 1626–27.

Medium: Oil on wood. Dimensions: Oval 7 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. (18.1 x 13.7 cm); set in rectangular panel 8 x 6 1/4 in. (20.3 x 15.9 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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