Retour de Nour(r)ice (Return from the Wet Nurse)
1767
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
About the artist
1767
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Retour de Nour(r)ice (Return from the Wet Nurse) is a 1767 ink by François Hubert, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This crowded scene shows a family in a dim room. A woman sits holding a baby, while kids cluster around her. A man in a hat stands near a window, looking down. Clothes are rumpled, faces are tired. Shadows fill the corners. The title hints this is about a wet nurse returning. The artist used sharp lines to show every fold in clothes and wrinkle on faces. Next, check out etching to see how artists carve images into metal plates.
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