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| Title | The Sewing Maid | |
| Collection | Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust | |
| Artist | Vollon, Alexis (French painter, 1865-1945) | |
| Date Earliest | possibly about 1890 | |
| Date Latest | possibly about 1900 | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | Vollon specialised in genre and landscapes influenced by the work of his father, Antoine. This finely detailed interior of a drawing room with a seated maid sewing belongs to the 1890s, before Alexis adopted a more fluid, painterly approach. | |
| Current Accession Number | 936 | |
| Inscription | front lr 'Alexis Vollon' | |
| Subject | figure | |
| Measurements | 98.5 x 78 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by J. G. Graves 1935. | |
| Rights Owner | Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust | |
| Author | Alastair Smith | |