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Compare the white dress of the seated girl with the darker woods around her, then follow the glances between the girls and the two dogs.
Three girls gather under a tree, one holding a small dog on her lap while a larger dog comes up to them. Diaz painted the group on a small wooden panel with loose, broken strokes. It belonged to the Chicago collector Henry Field, and his widow gave it to the Art Institute in 1894.
Oil on panel · 39.4 × 26.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Barbizon School
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Details and source
- Museum title
- Three Little Girls
- Artist
- Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, 1807–1876)
- Date
- c. 1870
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 39.4 × 26.7 cm (15 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)
- Credit line
- Henry Field Memorial Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.