Maternal Love

1893

Luigi Conconi

Associated Names
Luigi Conconi

Artist, Italian, 1852 - 1917

The image is an artwork depicting a close-up of two faces, that of a woman and a child, within a circular frame. The woman is in a side profile, leaning forward to touch her nose to the child's, with her arms gently holding the child close. Both have soft, delicate features. The woman's hair appears styled around her face, blending into the background, while the child has short, curly hair. The sketch does not distinctly show clothing but focuses mainly on the contact between the two faces. Below the circular frame, a detailed illustration of flowers lies across the bottom of the image. The background outside the circle is abstract and textured.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with monotype inking on chine collé

  • Credit Line

    The Ahmanson Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 44.2 × 31 cm (17 3/8 × 12 3/16 in.)
    plate: 33.4 × 22.5 cm (13 1/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.28.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bianchi-Ginex 1994, no. 43, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Stanza del Borgo, Milan); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1994

  • Bianchi, Matteo, and Giovanna Ginex, eds.Luigi Conconi: incisore. Milan, 1994, no. 43.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: L conconi; by later hand, lower right, in graphite: L. Conconi L'Amor materno / -1892-/ Vedi A. Mezzetti N 220 / Martinelli Emporium I, 1897; by later hand [?], lower left, in graphite: Conconi L'amor mater [partially erased]; by later hand, upper left, in graphite: £10.000; by later hand, lower left, in graphite: 29 x 30 / 34 [illegible] / patinari [?-illegible] cosi

Wikidata ID

Q76561532

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