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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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1978-168-36