The Joys of Motherhood

Jean-Honoré Fragonardabout 1752

Details

Title: The Joys of Motherhood
Creator Lifespan: 1732 - 1806
Creator Nationality: French
Creator Gender: Male
Date Created: about 1752
Type: oil paintings
Rights: Gift of Mrs. Herman C. Krannert
External Link: http://www.imamuseum.org/mercury/load-artwork/23851
Medium: oil on canvas
wall label: The Joys of Motherhood was done toward the end of Fragonard's apprenticeship with Boucher, whose scenes of pastoral life it emulates. The cheerful color, nostalgic atmosphere, bucolic landscape and serenely beautiful barefoot woman epitomize the virtues of maternity and embody the Enlightenment ideal of natural morality. Such scenes of happy motherhood were extremely popular in 18th-century France and reflect the idealization of country life found in the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
measurements: 57 x 38 1/2 in.
Artist: Fragonard, Jean-Honoré

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