Kneeling Milkmaid
1723–83
Medium
Black chalk, highlighted with white, on brown paper
Dimensions
10 3/4 x 12 1/16in. (27.3 x 30.7cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Margot Gordon and Marcello Aldega, in memory of Lawrence Turčić, 1989
Accession Number
65.66.5
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About the Artist
Francesco Londonio
Francesco Londonio (1723–1783), born into a noble Milanese family as the fourth of seven siblings, emerged as one of the 18th century's most prolific interpreters of rural life in Lombardy. He trained under the painters Ferdinando Porta and Giovanni Battista Sassi in Milan, accompanying Porta to Parma where Correggio's works left a lasting impression, and later studied etching techniques with Beni...