Young Woman Knitting
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Details
- Artist
- Berthe Morisot
- Date
- ca. 1883
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 19 3/4 x 23 5/8 in. (50.2 x 60 cm)
- Department
- European Paintings
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Subject Matter
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Human Figure Visual · 99%
A seated human figure occupies the center-left of the composition, with visible attention to posture, clothing, hands, and activity.
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Femininity Both · 98%
The catalog lists Women and Knitting as subjects, while the image visibly depicts a woman engaged in needlework.
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Scenes of Everyday Life Both · 91%
The work shows a woman occupied with an ordinary activity in an informal setting, and the catalog identifies the subject as knitting.
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Figures in Nature Visual · 90%
The seated figure is surrounded by foliage and flowers in an outdoor, garden-like environment, directly linking the figure with vegetation and open space.
Styles and Movements
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Impressionism Visual · 90%
The luminous outdoor scene, softened contours, and broken brushwork strongly support an Impressionist visual reading, although the supplied catalog does not provide a style classification.
Visual Qualities
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Pastel Colors Visual · 88%
The image is dominated by pale greens, cream, yellow-beige, pink, lavender, and other softly modulated light colors.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Both · 99%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the work as a painting, and the image visibly presents a painted canvas composition.
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Oil Painting Metadata · 99%
The museum catalog specifies the medium as oil on canvas.
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Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 97%
Short, broken, directional strokes are visible throughout the figure, foliage, ground, and chairs, with forms emerging through loose marks rather than sharply defined outlines.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to circa 1883, within the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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French Art Metadata · 99%
The museum identifies Berthe Morisot as French.
Source & rights
Berthe Morisot. Young Woman Knitting. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.