The Laundress

1756

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching; first state of two
Dimensions: image: 11 5/8 x 8 7/16 in. (29.6 x 21.4 cm) plate: 12 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (31.5 x 22.3 cm) sheet: 18 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. (48 x 35 cm)
Collection no.: 55.503.31
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

François Boucher. The Laundress. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Laundress — François Boucher. 1756.

Medium: Etching; first state of two. Dimensions: image: 11 5/8 x 8 7/16 in. (29.6 x 21.4 cm) plate: 12 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (31.5 x 22.3 cm) sheet: 18 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. (48 x 35 cm).

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

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1955.

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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