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Object Type
print
Museum number
1922,0410.300
Title
Object:
La mère laborieuse
Description
Interior with little girl observing the tapestry her mother is holding; on the left a large reel; on the right, a dog lying next to a box. 1740 Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Bernard Lépicié
After:
Jean Siméon Chardin
Published by:
Louis Surugue
Published by:
Bernard Lépicié
School/style
French
Production date
1740
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
376 millimetres
Width:
269 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Advertised in 'Mercure', December 1740; a pair to 'Le bénédicité' (1922,0410.298).
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(58)
Bocher 1876 / Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin: catalogue raisonné
(35(A).II)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
domestic life
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Nan Ino Cooper, Baroness Lucas of Crudwell and Lady Dingwall
Acquisition date
1922
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1922,0410.300