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PISSARRO, Camille: The Shepherdess (Young Girl with a Walking Stick)

🖼 The Shepherdess (Young Girl with a Walking Stick), 1881
Oil on canvas
81 × 65 cm
Paris, France

Soft brushwork captures a young shepherdess in dappled sunlight, her figure rendered with gentle impressionist touches against a hazy rural landscape. Pissarro's 1881 work celebrates peasant life with dignity, embodying the movement's commitment to capturing fleeting light and everyday subjects.

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