Fresh Eggs

Winslow Homer, 1874

This painting shows a woman standing, facing the left and looking down. She has pale skin and brown hair pulled up on top of her head, and she is wearing a long, dark dress with a pattern of small white dots. She has a pale-red apron tied around her waist and a bonnet of the same color hanging from her neck. She is holding a woven brown basket filled with white eggs, and she stands in front of a large brown barrel. Another barrel is overturned on the ground nearby. Behind her is a low reddish-brown wall, and a tall rake leans against the wall next to her. On the right is tall yellow haystack. A rooster stands in front of the haystack near the bottom right corner, with brown feathers and a red comb and wattle. In the background is a dark interior space with dark objects hanging from it and a partially open door on the left. The ground is covered in yellow and brown straw.
Artist
Winslow Homer
Date
1874
Type
Drawing
Medium
watercolor, gouache, and graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
23.7 × 19.4 cm
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Image description

This painting shows a woman standing, facing the left and looking down. She has pale skin and brown hair pulled up on top of her head, and she is wearing a long, dark dress with a pattern of small white dots. She has a pale-red apron tied around her waist and a bonnet of the same color hanging from her neck. She is holding a woven brown basket filled with white eggs, and she stands in front of a large brown barrel. Another barrel is overturned on the ground nearby. Behind her is a low reddish-brown wall, and a tall rake leans against the wall next to her. On the right is tall yellow haystack. A rooster stands in front of the haystack near the bottom right corner, with brown feathers and a red comb and wattle. In the background is a dark interior space with dark objects hanging from it and a partially open door on the left. The ground is covered in yellow and brown straw.

Winslow Homer