Caption
Farmer and farmer's wife with child (version 2), print, Portrait in a round frame of an unknown farming family. A woman is breastfeeding her child while her husband looks on affectionately., printmaker: Christina Chalon, Leiden, after design by Christina Chalon, 1758 - 1808, Christina Chalon, printmaker, after design by, paper, etching, height 35 mm x width 35 mm, farmers, nursing, suckling, family group, especially parents with their child(ren) (with NUMBER of children), A circular ink drawing on aged paper shows two adults and an infant. The adult on the left is a woman with hair pulled back, a rounded forehead, and a slightly bowed head looking toward the baby, with textured lines indicating clothing around her shoulders. The adult on the right wears a brimmed hat and has angular facial features, also leaning toward the infant, with crosshatched shading on the hat and clothing. The infant is nestled between them, facing upward with a rounded head and small facial features. The circular border of the drawing is visible against the lighter paper background, and the ink lines vary in thickness with fine hatching and sketch-like marks.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A82_237
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50.7Mb (12.7Mb) / 13.9in x 14.2in / 4156 x 4267 (300dpi)