"En piga skrapar morötter, ett frunt: talar med henne, samt en som kokar".
Signed Hilleström. Executed in 1801. Canvas 49 x 40 cm. Period Gustavian frame.
Previously in the collections of Ryttmästare Gustaf Pipers (1771-1857) at Mariedals Castle, Västergötland. Married to Jaquette Elizabeth Du Rietz af Hedensberg (1771-1816). Subsequently in the Hamilton collections at Hedensberg, Västmanland.
Bukowskis Auctions, auction 518, 5-7 December 2000, cat. no 357.
Private Collection, Sweden.
Gerda Cederblom, "Pehr Hilleström as a Cultural Depictor", part 1, 1927, depicted image 86. Included in the artist's own handwritten catalogue, cat no. 914. The painting is mentioned in a letter to one of the artist's students dated 16 November 1801 as having just been completed.