The Washerwoman

Gilles Demarteau

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a sepia-toned drawing of a scene by Gilles Demarteau, titled "The Washerwoman." The scene shows three women and a child; one woman is standing in the water up to her calves with her back to the viewer, another woman is crouched by the water, and the third woman stands behind, holding a child. The women are dressed in long dresses. The woman in the water holds an object. The woman crouched down interacts with items on the ground beside her. The standing woman on the right holds a basket. The background includes trees on both sides, an elevated area on the left, and a structure on the upper left. The image has a thin border around the scene and some cursive text along the bottom edge. The image appears on a piece of aged paper.