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Mother and Child
Mother and Child is an oil painting by the Realist artist Antoine Émile Plassan. It dates from 1870 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Subject & Meaning
It is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it is included in the museum’s nineteenth‑century European collection.
The work titled Mother and Child, created in 1870, is an oil painting on panel that portrays a mother and child within a bedroom, as suggested by the title and the catalog description noting a bedroom and a woman. The painting measures 27 cm in height and 21.9 cm in width and is classified as a painting. It is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it is included in the museum’s nineteenth‑century European collection.
Technique & Style
Executed in 1870, this work is an oil painting created on a panel support. The composition depicts a woman situated within a bedroom setting. The piece measures 27 cm in height and 21.9 cm in width.
As a painted work on panel from the late nineteenth century, it represents a specific approach to domestic subject matter through the application of oil pigments on a rigid surface.
History & Provenance
Mother and Child is an oil painting on panel by Antoine Émile Plassan, dated to 1870. The work entered the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it is currently held. No further details regarding commission, prior ownership, or acquisition history are documented in the available sources.
Overview
Antoine Émile Plassan's oil painting, Mother and Child, completed in 1870, presents a solitary female figure within a domestic interior. The artwork, rendered in oil paint, captures a moment of quiet introspection. It is currently part of the collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, offering a glimpse into 19th-century genre painting with its focus on intimate, everyday scenes.
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