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An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child by Léon Bonnat

An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child

1869–70

Oil on canvas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A woman carries a sleeping child on her shoulders. The child rests its head on the woman's head, and its legs drape over her shoulders. The woman wears dark clothing and jewelry.

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child jewelry beads headband vertical composition centered figure figure dominant frontal view mother and child peasant woman figure study

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