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Mother and Two Children in a Boudoir

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Woman holding a fruit sits on a low chair. One son kneeling on the floor to the left reaches for the fruit, while a younger baby in a cradle [?] to the right also gestures for the fruit. A painted screen and a toy horse fill the left side of the room and a chair in the right foreground and drapery behind the cradle complete the boudoir interior.

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Howard J. Sachs and Mr. Peter G. Sachs in memory of Miss Edith L. Sachs

Date

possibly 1782

Accession Number

1978-168-36

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

figures

Object Name

Drawing

Type

Drawing

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, watercolor on white paper, lined

Dimensions

23.2 x 18.1 cm (9 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. )

made in

France

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44fd1de63-6664-4112-896f-8af9aaabf4d4

Record ID

chndm_1978-168-36

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