Caption

Mother feeding her baby, print, printmaker: Willem Linnig (I), publisher: P. van Bouwel (possibly), Antwerp, 1842, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 159 mm x width 107 mm, An interior scene rendered in fine crosshatch ink shows a seated woman wearing a headscarf and layered clothing holding a swaddled infant close to her chest while looking toward a child who stands at an open window with arms raised toward the outside; a potted plant sits on the windowsill beside the child and a wooden spinning wheel and stool occupy the floor near the woman, while baskets, folded cloths, and a jug sit on a shelf above and a small bell or helmet rests on the floor in the foreground.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B39_419

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Rights managed

Available size

40.6Mb (6.9Mb) / 10.1in x 15.5in / 3042 x 4664 (300dpi)

Keywords

Mother feeding baby print printmaker Willem Linnig I publisher P van Bouwel Antwerp 1842 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 159 mm x width 107 mm interior scene rendered fine crosshatch ink seated woman wearing headscarf layered clothing holding swaddled infant close chest looking child stands open window arms raised outside potted plant sits windowsill beside wooden spinning wheel stool occupy floor near woman baskets folded cloths jug sit shelf small bell helmet rests floor foreground