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Les Derniers jours d'enfance, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Beaux, Cecilia 1855-1942  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Broad & Cherry Streets Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19102 Accession Number: 1989.21
Date:
1883-1885
Notes:
Adler, Kathleen, Erica E. Hirshler and H. Barbara Weinberg, "Americans in Paris, 1860-1900," London : National Gallery, 2006, no. 15.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-2005: 200 Years of Excellence," Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2005, pg. 148.
Summary:
Portrait of a young mother seated in a black leather armchair, her body turned to the left and her gaze directed down toward her toddler boy seated on her lap, his gaze directed off to the right. The mother wears a black dress adorned with a bit of lace around the collar. The toddler wears a white sailor suit with a black bow at the neck. In the background there is a round table holding a ceramic vase of pink flowers.
Topic:
Architecture interior--Domestic--House  Search this
Portrait group--Family--Mother & Child  Search this
Control number:
IAP 46120932
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_379190