The Good Mother (La bonne mere)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Nicolas de Launayca. 1779

Details

Title: The Good Mother (La bonne mere)
Creator: Nicolas Delaunay after Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Date Created: ca. 1779
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left and lower right
Print State: Fourth of four states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1974
Materials & Techniques: Engraving on medium-weight laid paper. Watermark: No watermark
Keywords: domestic life, family, genre, maternity
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 585 mm x 443 mm (23.03 in. x 17.44 in.). Sheet dimensions: 636 mm x 474 mm (25.04 in. x 18.66 in.).
Bibliography: Portalis 11; see Carlson and Ittmann, cat. 88; Lawrence and Dighton (1910) 89 iv/iv
Associated People: Created by Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739-1792), After Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1806)
Accession Number: 1974.13.2

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