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Woman Drawing Water from a Well
Woman Drawing Water from a Well is an unspecified painting by the Rococo painting artist Jacobus Johannes Lauwers. It dates from 1799 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum. Voor de ingang van een boerderij staat een vrouw met een kruik bij een waterput, rechts een jongen met een hond.
About this work
Vegetables spill across the ground, and a cat naps on a shed roof.
A woman in a long skirt fills a jug at a stone well. A boy and a dog stand nearby. Vegetables spill across the ground, and a cat naps on a shed roof.
This painting feels like a quiet snapshot of daily life in 1799. The artist didn’t sign it, so we don’t know who made it—but the details, like the wrinkles in the woman’s apron or the cat’s curled tail, make the scene feel real. It’s not grand or dramatic, just a moment frozen in time.
To see more everyday scenes like this, visit the Rijksmuseum.
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