# Country Girl Leaning against a Ladder [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LEGA, Silvestro]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 38 x 29 cm ## Commentary Country Girl Leaning against a Ladder c. 1885 Oil on canvas, 38 x 29 cm Galleria dell'Arte Moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Florence A young farm girl knits while leaning on a ladder, giving the viewer the impression of a casual encounter with country life. This painting probably belongs to the last decade of the painter's life, when he was a frequent houseguest at a villa in the Tuscan countryside. Though ailing and becoming increasingly blind, the artist went on to paint the village and its local people with an eye for realistic effects. ## Related artworks - [A Walk in the Garden]() - [Giuseppe Mazzini on his Death Bed]() - [Reading]() - [The Folk Song]() - [The Pergola]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()