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Greuze likely began working on The Laundress sometime in July 1761, around the same time as L'Accordée de village. In drawing upon Dutch and Flemish cabinet paintings, Greuze may have found inspiration in the style of Rembrandt, and other artists and paintings such as Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin's The Kitchen Maid (1738), Gerrit Dou's  Girl Chopping Onions (1646), Gabriël Metsu's The Laundress (1650), and Jan Steen's Girl Offering Oysters (1658–1660). 
Its development was influenced by Dutch cabinet painting and the imagery of the laundress made popular through a literary style known as genre poissard.Greuze exhibited a total of fourteen paintings at the Salon in September 1761, including The Laundress and L'Accordée de village.
The Kitchen Maid cabinet painting Rembrandt Jan Steen Salon Gerrit Dou Gabriël Metsu L'Accordée de village Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin