Maternal Love

Pierre Lelu

Associated Names
Pierre Lelu

Artist, French, 1741 - 1810

This is a drawing featuring a female figure surrounded by cherubs. The central focus of the artwork is a serene female figure adorned with a garland of flowers, seated among a group of playful cherubs. She is depicted in a relaxed manner, reaching out her arm as if casting flowers into the air. The cherubs are animated and joyous, some offering her flowers or attending to her, and one of them is airborne with wings, holding a small cluster of flowers. The background is simple, emphasizing the interaction and joyfulness of the scene, with floral elements scattered around.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Katharine Shepard Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.5 x 20.2 cm (9 5/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.6 x 23 cm (11 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.87.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baudicour no. 31

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2010 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1859

  • Baudicour, Prosper de. Le peintre-graveur français continue, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole française nes dans le XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris, 1859-1861: no. 31

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: F de B 39 (3 NN); by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 96/97

Wikidata ID

Q76552818

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