# Soup of the Child

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LHERMITTE, Léon-Augustin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lhermitte-lon-augustin-r21459b60e16ec2>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Pastel on paper, 53 x 53 cm

## Commentary

Lhermitte&#39;s subject matter rarely deviated from the peasants and rural life of his youth. The most profound influence upon his work was Jean François Millet who, like Lhermitte, was equally adept with pastel as with oil.

## Related artworks

- [August](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lhermitte-lon-augustin-r21459b60e16ec2/august-r89fc62d67064c3>)
- [Entrance of La Rochelle&#39;s Harbour](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lhermitte-lon-augustin-r21459b60e16ec2/entrance-of-la-rochelles-harbour-r455cdf0fa8c7fa>)
- [Shepherd and His Flock](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lhermitte-lon-augustin-r21459b60e16ec2/shepherd-and-his-flock-r5abe93ba3498ff>)
- [Supper at Emmaus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lhermitte-lon-augustin-r21459b60e16ec2/supper-at-emmaus-rf60177e14930e3>)
- [The Grandmother](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lhermitte-lon-augustin-r21459b60e16ec2/the-grandmother-ra9ac376f2bf607>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)