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86 works by 35 artists

86 works featuring “Laundry” by 35 artists, from the 18th to the 20th century, held in 50 museums.

The Laundress, Francisco Laso

The Laundress, 1859.

La lavandera (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Night Windows, John Sloan

Night Windows, 1910.

Night Windows (museum title)

John Sloan (American), etching

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

Washing, Eugène Boudin

Washing, 1895.

Washing (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), painting

Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan, Italy

View of an Italian Village, C.W. Eckersberg

View of an Italian Village, 1838–1840.

Parti af en italiensk landsby. Illustration til… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), etching

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Lavandières sur la Touques, Eugène Boudin

Lavandières sur la Touques, 1891.

Lavandières sur la Touques (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on wood panel

Musée d'Art Moderne André Malraux (MuMa), Le Havre, France

Femmes lavant le linge à Étretat, Eugène Boudin

Femmes lavant le linge à Étretat, 1890.

Femmes lavant le linge à Étretat (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on wood panel

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium

View in a Garden with a red house beyond, John Constable

View in a Garden with a red house beyond, c. 1821.

View in a Garden with a red house beyond (museum title)

John Constable (British), oil on canvas

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Laundresses by a Stream, Eugène Boudin

Laundresses by a Stream, 1887.

Laundresses by a Stream (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), painting

National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Three women, one in the foreground drawing water from a well, two in the background washing; folio 45 (recto) from the Madrid Album "B", Francisco de Goya

Three women, one in the foreground drawing water from a well, two in the background washing; folio 45 (recto) from the Madrid Album "B", 1795–1797.

Three women, one in the foreground drawing water from a… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), brush and black ink wash

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Washerwomen at the Edge of the Pond, Eugène Boudin

Washerwomen at the Edge of the Pond, 1880.

Washerwomen at the Edge of the Pond (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), painting

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Linen Drying in the Sun near Livorno, Italy, Elin Danielson-Gambogi

Linen Drying in the Sun near Livorno, Italy, 1900.

Pellavakankaita kuivatetaan auringossa Livornon rannikolla (museum title)

Elin Danielson-Gambogi (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Drying Clothes, Pál Szinyei Merse

Drying Clothes, 1869.

Ruhaszárítás (museum title)

Pál Szinyei Merse (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Linge séchant au bord de la Seine, Petit Gennevilliers, Gustave Caillebotte

Linge séchant au bord de la Seine, Petit Gennevilliers, 1888.

Linge séchant au bord de la Seine, Petit Gennevilliers (museum title)

Gustave Caillebotte (French), oil on canvas

Galerie Brame & Lorenceau, Germany

The Letter, Francisco de Goya

The Letter, 1814.

La Lettre (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France

Washerwoman at Her Washtub, Maria Wiik

Washerwoman at Her Washtub

Pyykinpesijä pesusoikon ääressä (museum title)

Maria Wiik (Finnish), chalk on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Studies of a Woman with a Cat and Women at Washtubs, Rik Wouters

Studies of a Woman with a Cat and Women at Washtubs

Studies van een vrouw met poes en vrouwen aan wastobben (museum title)

Rik Wouters (Belgian), pen and black ink on paper

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Wash House, William Orpen

The Wash House, 1905.

The Wash House (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Lavandières sur les bords de la Touques, Eugène Boudin

Lavandières sur les bords de la Touques, 1885.

Lavandières sur les bords de la Touques (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on wood panel

Burrell Collection, United Kingdom

Lavandières près d'un pont, Eugène Boudin

Lavandières près d'un pont, 1883.

Lavandières près d'un pont (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on wood panel

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Washerwomen by the River, Eugène Boudin

Washerwomen by the River, 1880.

Washerwomen by the River (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on wood panel

Israel Museum, Israël

Washerwomen in Quimperlé, Frits Thaulow

Washerwomen in Quimperlé, c. 1903–1906.

Vaskekoner i Quimperlé (museum title)

Frits Thaulow (Norwegian), aquatint and drypoint on paper

National Museum of Norway

The Washerwoman, Eero Järnefelt

The Washerwoman, 1906–1910.

Pyykkäri (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

La lessive à Éragny, Camille Pissarro

La lessive à Éragny, 1901.

La lessive à Éragny (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

QAGOMA, Australia

Lavandières au bord de la Touques, Eugène Boudin

Lavandières au bord de la Touques, 1892.

Lavandières au bord de la Touques (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on wood panel

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israël

Washerwomen on the Banks of the River Touques, Eugène Boudin

Washerwomen on the Banks of the River Touques, 1891.

Washerwomen on the Banks of the River Touques (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on wood panel

Burrell Collection, United Kingdom

The Andelys, Paul Signac

The Andelys, 1895.

The Andelys (museum title)

Paul Signac (French), lithograph

Museum of Modern Art, United States

Woman Washing in Front of a Barn, Henri de Braekeleer

Woman Washing in Front of a Barn

Wassende vrouw voor een schuur (museum title)

Henri de Braekeleer (Belgian), etching on chine collé

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Laveuses au bord de la Touques, Eugène Boudin

Laveuses au bord de la Touques, 1884.

Laveuses au bord de la Touques (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on wood panel

Langmatt Museum, Switzerland

Une lavandière à Éragny, Camille Pissarro

Une lavandière à Éragny, 1893.

Une lavandière à Éragny (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The washerwomen, Francisco de Goya

The washerwomen, 1779.

Les Lavandières (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Sunny Day, Émile Claus

Sunny Day, 1899.

Zonnige dag (museum title)

Émile Claus (Belgian), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (MSK Gent), Belgium

Linge sechant, Petit Gennevilliers, Gustave Caillebotte

Linge sechant, Petit Gennevilliers, 1888.

Linge sechant, Petit Gennevilliers (museum title)

Gustave Caillebotte (French), oil on canvas

Private collection

Washerwomen on the Banks of the Touques, Eugène Boudin

Washerwomen on the Banks of the Touques, 1894.

Washerwomen on the Banks of the Touques (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on wood panel

National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Washerwomen by the River Seine, Eero Järnefelt

Washerwomen by the River Seine, 1887.

Pyykkäreitä Seinen rannalla (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

La lessiveuse, Jean-François Millet

La lessiveuse, 1850–1875.

La Lessiveuse (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on wood

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Early one morning around Midsummer, she rinsed clothes in the brook, Hans Gude

Early one morning around Midsummer, she rinsed clothes in the brook, 1878–1879.

Tidlig en morrå ved Sankthansdags leite skylte hun klær… (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pen and pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

The Laundress Ironing (La Blanchisseuse Repassant), Edgar Degas

The Laundress Ironing (La Blanchisseuse Repassant), 1884.

The Laundress Ironing (La Blanchisseuse Repassant) (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

Reading Public Museum, United States

Two wool shirts, Kari — they forgot them, Christian Krohg

Two wool shirts, Kari — they forgot them, c. 1877.

To ullskjorter Kari, dem har de glemt (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), pen on paper

National Museum of Norway

Laveuse, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Laveuse, 1910.

Laveuse (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French)

Musée Renoir, France

View of Orvieto, Painted in Rome, J. M. W. Turner

View of Orvieto, Painted in Rome, 1828.

View of Orvieto, Painted in Rome (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

A Woman's Work, John Sloan

A Woman's Work, 1912.

A Woman's Work (museum title)

John Sloan (American), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

River Landscape, Frits Thaulow

River Landscape, 1889.

Elvelandskap (museum title)

Frits Thaulow (Norwegian), charcoal on paper

National Museum of Norway

Washerwomen on the Beach of Etretat, Eugène Boudin

Washerwomen on the Beach of Etretat, 1894.

Washerwomen on the Beach of Etretat (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on wood panel

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

Les Andelys, Paul Signac

Les Andelys, 1897–1898.

Les Andelys (museum title)

Paul Signac (French), color lithograph on cream wove paper

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Woman Doing Laundry, Hans Gude

Woman Doing Laundry, 1878–1880.

Kvinnefigur med trekar (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Washerwomen at the Touques River, Eugène Boudin

Washerwomen at the Touques River, 1890.

Washerwomen at the Touques River (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on wood panel

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

Washer Woman, Hugo Simberg

Washer Woman, 1895–1896.

Pyykin paukuttaja (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Washerwomen, from the "Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques", Paul Gauguin

Washerwomen, from the "Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques", 1889.

Washerwomen, from the "Volpini Suite: Dessins… (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), zincograph on wove paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Frau beim Wäscheaufhängen vor einer Kapelle, Caspar David Friedrich

Frau beim Wäscheaufhängen vor einer Kapelle, 1806.

Frau beim Wäscheaufhängen vor einer Kapelle (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Woman washing cloth, some drying on a board, and boy with a kite, Katsushika Hokusai

Woman washing cloth, some drying on a board, and boy with a kite, 1790.

Woman washing cloth, some drying on a board, and boy with a… (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, United States