La Mère de famille (The Mother of the Family)

1760/1766

Ange-Laurent de Lalive de Jully, after Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Associated Names
Ange-Laurent de Lalive de Jully

Artist, French, 1725 - 1779

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Artist After, French, 1725 - 1805

The image shows a woman standing with several children around her. The woman is holding a baby in her arm and another child is attached to her back. The woman has delicate facial features and her hair is covered with a cloth. She is wearing a long-sleeved dress with a scarf draped around her shoulders. Two young children stand in front of her, one with arm around the other's shoulder. One child clings to the woman's leg, appearing barefoot, with shaggy, wavy hair. The background is plain, with a minimal suggestion of ground beneath their feet. The image is engraved with intricate detailing, evoking a sense of movement and texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.5 × 17.78 cm (9 1/4 × 7 in.)
    plate: 24.13 × 18.42 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 27.31 × 20.32 cm (10 3/4 × 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.91.29

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1700) no. 48

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georg Usslaub (Lugt 1221). (James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Martin, Jean, and Charles Masson. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint et dessiné de Jean-Baptiste Greuze. Paris, 1906: p. 109 and under no. 171.

1930

  • IFF (1700), no. 48

Inscriptions

In plate, above image, at right: No. 57; in plate, below image, at left: Greuse inv.; in plate, below image, at right: A.L. De Lalive sc.; in plate, below image, at center: LA MERE DE FAMILLE.

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