Large Framed Early 20th Century Oil - Lady in the Red Headscarf

A large c.1900 oil on canvas portrait of a young peasant woman wearing a red headscarf, blue bodice, and distinctive red and white striped corset over a white blouse. The artist depicts the sitter with an open book, suggesting literacy and contemplation, a common motif that elevated peasant subjects at the time. Housed in its original rococo revival gilt frame with elaborate corner mouldings. The painting is unsigned. On canvas on stretchers.