Subject
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding is a subject in art. The gallery holds 149 works in this subject in art, including works by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, François Boucher and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
The nursing of infants has been depicted in art primarily through the devotional image of the Virgin Mary suckling the Christ Child (the Madonna Lactans), a subject that flourished from the early medieval period through the Baroque. Beyond the religious context, breastfeeding appears in genre scenes, 18th-century allegorical paintings of motherhood, and modern figurative art exploring the female body and care.
Key artists
Works
Madonna and Child
The Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
The Holy Family
The Holy Family
The Origin of the Milky Way
Madonna of Humility (Madonna dell'Umiltà)
The Holy Family with Shepherds
Madonna and Child
Virgin and Child in an Apse
The Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child
Madonna and Child with Two Angels and a Donor
Madonna of Humility
Madonna and Child
Untitled
Virgin and Child
The Third-Class Carriage
Madonna and Child with Angels
Charity
Virgin and Child
Madonna and Child
Virgin and Child
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child
Mother and Child
Charity
Virgin Suckling the Child
A Lady in Her Bath
Nursing mother with three girls
Virgin and Child
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Woman nursing by a cradle with a dog at her feet
The Virgin and Child
Cimon and Pero
Maternity
Madonna and Child
Mary with the Christ-child and an angel
Charity
Madonna and Child
Maternity
Caritas
A Mother with her Children
Holy Family
Nursing Mother, and Child with Serving Maid
Portrait of Anna Maria Lampi (née Franchi) with her son Franciszek
Mrs. Richard Hoare Holding her Child
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Maria mit dem Kind (zugeschrieben)
The Penance of Saint John Chrysostom
La naissance d'Adonis
The Virgin Nursing the Child
Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
Maria mit Kind an der Brust
Madonna with Child Jesus in the window
A Rich Lady Visits a Poor Family
Mother and Child in a Garden
A Rich Lady Visits a Poor Family
'Good Neighbors'
Virgin and Child
A Virgem do Leite
Italian Peasants among Ruins
Caritas
Caritas
The Origin of the Milky Way (sketch for the Torre de la Parada
Sterbende Mutter nach einem Bild des Aristides von Theben
Interior with Nursing Mother
Charity
Sewing Lesson
Study of Emma and the Children
Mother and Child
A Mother
Magdalena Ventura with Her Husband and Son
Deipara Virgo
De Heilige Familie met twee engelen
Virgin giving milk to the Child
A Lady and a Child with a Serving Maid
Virgin Mary Nursing
Charity
Maternity (Maternite)
Madame Helleu Cradling Paulette in Her Arms![Deux ouvrières dans l'atelier de couture [Two Seamstresses in the Workroom]](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/edouard-vuillard--deux-ouvrieres-dans-l-atelier-de-couture-two-seamstresses-in--d135163f01e97c9f-w320.webp)
Deux ouvrières dans l'atelier de couture [Two Seamstresses in the Workroom]
Alma Mater
The Offering
Vampire
Alma Mater
Alma Mater: Figure Study
Alma Mater: Middle Part
The Assassination of Riccio
Poem of the Soul - The Angel and the Mother
Madonna Suckling the Infant Christ
Mother and Child
Mary Taylour, Viscountess of Headfort, later Countess of Bective and Marchioness of Headfort (1776–1795)
Young Mother
Maternity
Peace
The Scarlet Letter
Mother and her Child
Madonna with Skull
Les Compliments du jour de l'an
The Holy Family with Saint John
The Holy Family
Maternal Caress
The Infant Shakespeare, Attended by Nature and the Passions
Reine and Margot Seated on a Sofa (No. 2)
Virgin at the Window
The Virgin, Holding a Pear, with the Child
The Mother
Madonna with Skull
Maternidade
Virgin and Child
The-Drowsy-One
Peasant interior
Moeder en kind
La nodriza
Mutter, ihr Kind stillend
Maternitate
Cimon alăptat în temniță de fiica sa, Pera
Madona cu Pruncul
Virgin and Child
Pakomatkalla Egyptiin. Neitsyt Maria imettää Jeesus-lasta
Neitsyt Maria ja Jeesus-lapsi
Mother and Child in a garden
Madonna
Nursing Mother
Allegory of Charity
Virgin and Child
Mother with Two Children
A Western woman with a child on her knee
A Lady Dressing
The Holy Family
The Holy Family
Mother's Love
Mamă cu copil
Fecioara cu Pruncul (Virgo Lactans)
Țărancă și copil din Cisnădioara
Maternitate
Gertrude and Stephen, No. 6
Motherhood
Mother and Child
Fond of Things from the series Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today's World
The Penance of St. John Chrysostom
The Silence
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Frequently asked questions
What is Breastfeeding?
Breastfeeding is a subject in art. The nursing of infants has been depicted in art primarily through the devotional image of the Virgin Mary suckling the Christ Child (the Madonna Lactans), a subject that flourished from the early medieval period through the Baroque.
How many Breastfeeding works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 149 public-domain Breastfeeding works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Breastfeeding artists?
Key Breastfeeding artists in the collection include Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, François Boucher and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Where can I see Breastfeeding works?
Breastfeeding works in the collection are held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art and Rijksmuseum.