Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Le lever (Young Mother Gazing at Her Child) 1871 Oil on canvas, 142.2 x 102.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This doting mother in picturesque dress and her angelic offspring are two of many such…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) La Tempesta (The Tempest) c.1503–1509 Oil on canvas, 73 x 82 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia Attested as part of Gabriele Vendramin’s collection by Marcantonio Michiel in 1530 and later in the sixteenth and seventeenth-century family inventories, The Tempest…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Maternité, dit aussi l’Enfant au sein / Madame Renoir et son fils Pierre (Maternity or Child at the Breast / Madame Renoir and her son Pierre) 1885 Oil on canvas, 92 x 72 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Maternité (Maternity: Madame Renoir and Son) c.1916 Terra cotta, 51.1 x 24.8 x 32.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Renoir‘s wife Aline had always been among his favorite models. Her fresh, full face and figure appeared…
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Maternal Love (Caritas) c.1685 Oil on canvas, 57 x 48.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg