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Late 19th Century European School Watercolor Rural Genre Scene with Woman and Basket - This watercolor on paper depicts a rural genre scene of a woman in 19th-century attire, wearing a dark pleated skirt, a voluminous white apron, and a white bonnet. The figure is captured in profile, carrying a large, shallow woven basket. A besom broom is visible leaning against a stone structure in the middle ground. The scene is set outdoors against a stone wall with overhanging branches featuring yellowing autumnal foliage. The work is executed in a realist style using a combination of fine brushwork and layered transparent washes. A faint, illegible inscription is present in the lower-left corner. The painting is presented in a white mat and housed in a wooden frame behind glass.