Caption

Hugues Merle (1822 - 1881), French painter: The Forgotten, The Poor Mother, A desperate mother holding a sleeping baby in her arms while another child snuggles up to her, Painting, Reproduction of the painting, Artwork, Historical, A mother looks up to the sky with a baby in her arms while a child stands by her side

Date

Feb 18, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26B56_282

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

62.7Mb (5.5Mb) / 14.1in x 17.3in / 4215 x 5200 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted young building architecture education history artwork painting drawing art pause poor protection rest sleep child parent mother family sky Europe historic french relaxed nap hold stand France desperate look contemporary drawn despair european person field of education poverty former unique social issue vintage infant snuggle oil painting One Parent replication Western europe Cracking Painter no one structure art work sketch break kid mom historical relaxing despairing view desperation Human being educational system baby snuggles up No People construction work of art restful snooze despaired look at People reproduction nobody relax doze looks into replica uninhabited take a nap looking out copy empty observe gazes watching view over buildings artworks paintings drawings arts pauses protect rests sleeping children parents mothers families skies napping holding standing looks naps persons fields of education formerly social issues resting infants snuggling oil paintings art works kids historically views human pausing babies constructions works of art snoozing looking at dozing replicas taking a nap observes shelter sleeps Europe's historical image history image history images holds stands desperately looking individual individuals vintage-styled snuggles break in mommy's view of humans snoozes looks at overlooking relaxes dozes takes a nap over