Art, literature & history
Peasant Women from the Region of the Eaux-Bonnes
1845
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Watercolor, with touches of gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- 34 × 26.2 cm (13 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1981.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Eugène Delacroix. Peasant Women from the Region of the Eaux-Bonnes. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Peasant Women from the Region of the Eaux-Bonnes — Eugène Delacroix. 1845.
Medium: Watercolor, with touches of gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper. Dimensions: 34 × 26.2 cm (13 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
In the summer of 1845, Delacroix went to the Pyrenees to take the waters at the spa of Eaux-Bonnes near the Spanish border, where he delighted in the natural dignity of the local peasants and the beauty of their colorful dress.
Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.
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.