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Standing Mother and Child

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Artist

    Carlo Morelli, Italian, active 1830—1860

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Three-quarter length figure of a standing woman, turned slightly to the right, holding a child in her left arm, which she rests on a parapet. The picture is squared for transfer.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne

    Date

    1830–60

    Accession Number

    1948-118-26

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    figures

    Object Name

    Drawing

    Type

    Drawing

    Medium

    Charcoal on light green paper, laid down

    Dimensions

    48.5 × 40.5 cm (19 1/8 × 15 15/16 in.)

    made in

    Florence, Italy

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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/kq425f8478e-d141-42cb-8332-a6164f8a3daf

    Record ID

    chndm_1948-118-26

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