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A man taking a woman's pulse. Oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck.

Saint Anne with the young Mary. Coloured stipple engraving.

A physician examining a urine specimen in which a faint figure of a baby is visible, a female patient is crying and being shouted at by her angry mother, indicating that she is pregnant. Watercolour by I.T., 1826.

A young physician feeling the pulse of a young woman, a painting of two lovers in the background suggests her illness maybe lovesickness. Lithograph by L.E. Soulange-Teissier, 1850, after P.L.A.A. Terral.

Saint Anne with her child, the Virgin Mary. Engraving by Salvardi.

A small girl recovering from an illness and being visited by neighbours. Colour process print, 1907, after E. Magnus.

A father puts his arm around his son who reads a book while a mother holding a cup comforts her daughter; an AIDS prevention advertisement aimed at families for the NGO AIDS Cell Centre for Community Medicine in New Delhi. Colour lithograph by N.R. Nanda, ca. March 1994.

Saint Anne with the young Mary. Gouache painting.

Saint Anne with her child, the Virgin Mary. Engraving.

A young couple hide behind a screen while two women search for them. Colour process print by Swaine after R. Sauber, 1896.

Saint Anne educates the young Virgin Mary; Joachim stands behind them. Engraving.

Preparation for the witches' sabbath. Etching by D. Vivant-Denon after D. Teniers the younger.

A father reprimanding his son, and a mother reprimanding her daughter. Coloured etching, 1801.

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Mothers and daughters

Images from the collections

Images about Mothers and daughters

Works from the collections

Saint Anne educates the young Virgin Mary; Joachim stands behind them. Engraving.

A man taking a woman's pulse. Oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck.

Preparation for the witches' sabbath. Etching by D. Vivant-Denon after D. Teniers the younger.

A father reprimanding his son, and a mother reprimanding her daughter. Coloured etching, 1801.

Saint Anne with her child, the Virgin Mary. Engraving.

Mothers and daughters

Images from the collections

Images about Mothers and daughters

Works from the collections

Saint Anne educates the young Virgin Mary; Joachim stands behind them. Engraving.

A man taking a woman's pulse. Oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck.

Preparation for the witches' sabbath. Etching by D. Vivant-Denon after D. Teniers the younger.

A father reprimanding his son, and a mother reprimanding her daughter. Coloured etching, 1801.

Saint Anne with her child, the Virgin Mary. Engraving.

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