Mother Nursing Her Child
Date1674/1676
Object PlaceHolland, Netherlands, Western Europe, Europe
MediumPaint on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions31¼ x 22 7/8 in.
79.4 x 58.1 cm
79.4 x 58.1 cm
Credit LineGift of James E. Scripps
Object number89.39
DescriptionGenre scene with mother nursing child. Mother sits in center of foreground nursing child. Her feet rest on a footwarmer. A Wicker cradle is at her left. A dog sits at her right. Open doorway in left midground leads out to room with steps, chair, picture on left wall and windows in far wall. Window with drapes in right midground.On View
On viewLocations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Paintings, Gallery 6
ProvenanceFormerly in the coleection of:
Paris, Collection Comte Montgermont;
Detroit, Collection James E. Scripps, by whom given to the DIA in 1889.
17th/18th Century
c. 1649
18th Century
c. 1867
c. 1665
1510/1514