Nanny and Child
Eva Gonzalès
1877/1878
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 65 × 81.4 cm (25 9/16 × 32 1/16 in.) framed: 87.95 × 103.51 × 9.53 cm (34 5/8 × 40 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Chester Dale Fund
Accession Number
2006.72.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Eva Gonzalès · 1847–1883
**Eva Gonzalès** (1847–1883) was a French Impressionist painter recognized as one of the four most prominent female artists in the movement, alongside Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, and Marie Bracquemond. Born Eva Carola Jeanne Emmanuela Antoinette Gonzalès in Paris on 19 April 1847, she grew up immersed in literary and artistic circles thanks to her father, the writer Emmanuel Gonzalès. At sixtee...