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99 works by 42 artists

99 works featuring “Maidservant” by 42 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 55 museums.

Le Reniement de saint Pierre, Caravaggio

Le Reniement de saint Pierre, 1610.

Le Reniement de saint Pierre (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, Nicolai Abildgaard

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, 1809.

Tjenestepigen Fotis forfærdes over, at heksesalven… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, Nicolai Abildgaard

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass, c. 1807–1808.

Tjenestepigen Fotis forfærdes over, at heksesalven… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Slave Davus and the Maid Mysis. From Terence´s Andria, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Slave Davus and the Maid Mysis. From Terence´s Andria, 1804.

Davus taler med Mysis, Androspigens tjenestepige, som har… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Le Souper à Emmaüs, Caravaggio

Le Souper à Emmaüs, 1606.

Le Souper à Emmaüs (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Pinacoteca di Brera, Italy

The Remedy, Antoine Watteau

The Remedy, c. 1716–1717.

The Remedy (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), red, black and white chalk

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

The Chocolate Girl, Jean-Étienne Liotard

The Chocolate Girl, c. 1744.

Das Schokoladenmädchen (museum title)

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss), pastel on parchment

Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

The Imaginary Illness, Honoré Daumier

The Imaginary Illness, c. 1860–1862.

Le Malade imaginaire (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on wood

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

The maid in the kitchen. Study, Anna Ancher

The maid in the kitchen. Study, c. 1883.

Pigen in køkkenet. Studie (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

The Disciples at Emmaus, or The Pilgrims at Emmaus, Eugène Delacroix

The Disciples at Emmaus, or The Pilgrims at Emmaus, 1853.

The Disciples at Emmaus, or The Pilgrims at Emmaus (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Brooklyn Museum, United States

Copenhagen Street Scene with a Market Woman, C.W. Eckersberg

Copenhagen Street Scene with a Market Woman, 1852.

Københavnsk gadescene med sælgerkone (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Little Annuitant, Eduardo Sívori

The Little Annuitant, 1889.

La Petite Rentière (museum title)

Eduardo Sívori (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

My Love of my Country is as big as I am, Gaganendranath Tagore

My Love of my Country is as big as I am, 1917.

My Love of my Country is as big as I am (museum title)

Gaganendranath Tagore (Indian), lithograph

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom

Esther before Ahasuerus, Nicolas Poussin

Esther before Ahasuerus, 1655.

Esther devant Assuérus (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

The Sick Girl, Félix Vallotton

The Sick Girl, 1892.

La Malade (museum title)

Félix Vallotton (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Le petit déjeuner après le bain, Edgar Degas

Le petit déjeuner après le bain, 1896.

Le petit déjeuner après le bain (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

Fondation Beyeler, Switzerland

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, Sandro Botticelli

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1469.

Le Retour de Judith à Béthulie (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Cincinnati Art Museum, United States

Danaë, Titien

Danaë, 1550s.

Danaé (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Misturera and zahumadora (servants of the aristocracy), Pancho Fierro

Misturera and zahumadora (servants of the aristocracy)

Misturera y zahumadora (sirvientas de la aristocracia) (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

The New Maid, Anders Zorn

The New Maid, 1909.

Den nya pigan (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Woman Writing a Letter, with her Maid, Johannes Vermeer

Woman Writing a Letter, with her Maid, c. 1670.

Woman Writing a Letter, with her Maid (museum title)

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Judit with the Head of Holofernes, Sandro Botticelli

Judit with the Head of Holofernes, 1497–1500.

Judith avec la tête d'Holopherne (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Denial of St Peter, Rembrandt van Rijn

The Denial of St Peter, 1660.

De verloochening van Petrus (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Judith and Holofernes, Francisco de Goya

Judith and Holofernes, 1819.

Judith et Holopherne (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on plaster, transferred to canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Danaë, Titien

Danaë, 1560–1565.

Danaé (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Interior with a Portrait of John Sheepshanks, William Mulready

Interior with a Portrait of John Sheepshanks, 1832–1834.

Interior with a Portrait of John Sheepshanks (museum title)

William Mulready (Irish), oil on panel

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Lady and Her Maid at the Bath, Jean-Étienne Liotard

Lady and Her Maid at the Bath, 1738–1742.

Dame et sa servante au bain (museum title)

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss), pastel on parchment

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

Judith décapitant Holopherne, Caravaggio

Judith décapitant Holopherne, 1599.

Judith décapitant Holopherne (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ancient Art, Italy

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, Diego Velázquez

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, c. 1618.

Christ dans la maison de Marthe et Marie (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Venus of Urbino, Titien

Venus of Urbino, c. 1538.

Vénus d'Urbin (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Uffizi Gallery, Italy

La tasse de chocolat, Edgar Degas

La tasse de chocolat, 1903.

La tasse de chocolat (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

A lady out for a walk with her maid, Pancho Fierro

A lady out for a walk with her maid, c. 1850–1860.

Una Señora en paseo con su criada (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Falstaff in the Laundry Basket, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Falstaff in the Laundry Basket, 1792.

Falstaff im Wäschekorb (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Les Noces de Cana, Hieronymus Bosch

Les Noces de Cana, 1500.

Les Noces de Cana (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Huis Bergh, Netherlands

In the Dining Room, Berthe Morisot

In the Dining Room, 1886.

In the Dining Room (museum title)

Berthe Morisot (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

A Woman of European Descent at Galata Being Handed Her Veil by Her Servant Prior to Going Out, Jean-Étienne Liotard

A Woman of European Descent at Galata Being Handed Her Veil by Her Servant Prior to Going Out, 1745.

A Woman of European Descent at Galata Being Handed Her Veil… (museum title)

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss), etching

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

La coiffure, Edgar Degas

La coiffure, 1893.

La coiffure (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

National Museum of Norway

The maid in the kitchen, Anna Ancher

The maid in the kitchen, 1883–1886.

Pigen i køkkenet (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

The Hirschsprung Collection, Denmark

Nu couché et domestique servant du thé, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Nu couché et domestique servant du thé, 1916.

Nu couché et domestique servant du thé (museum title)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Pola Museum of Art, Japan

The Toilet of Bathsheba, Rembrandt van Rijn

The Toilet of Bathsheba, 1643.

The Toilet of Bathsheba (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

De liefdesbrief, Johannes Vermeer

De liefdesbrief, 1669.

De liefdesbrief (museum title)

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste, Caravaggio

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste, 1608.

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

St. John's Co-Cathedral, Malte

Salomé avec la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste, Caravaggio

Salomé avec la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste, 1607.

Salomé avec la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Het melkmeisje, Johannes Vermeer

Het melkmeisje, 1660.

Het melkmeisje (museum title)

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Holberg writing his epistles, Wilhelm Marstrand

Holberg writing his epistles, 1866.

Holberg skriver sine epistler (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pencil, reed pen and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

After the Bath, Edgar Degas

After the Bath, 1895.

After the Bath (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French)

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

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

After the Bath III, Edgar Degas

After the Bath III, 1891–1892.

After the Bath III (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French), lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Kitchen Scene, Diego Velázquez

Kitchen Scene, 1618–1620.

Kitchen Scene (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Woman Having Her Hair Combed, Edgar Degas

Woman Having Her Hair Combed, c. 1886–1888.

Woman Having Her Hair Combed (museum title)

Edgar Degas (French), pastel on light green wove paper, now discolored to warm gray, affixed to original pulpboard mount

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States