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Images from the collections

Images about Mother and child

90 images from works
  • Basket weavers. Gouache drawing.
  • Parvati enthroned nursing Ganesha. Watercolour drawing.
  • A woman representing Nature gives a baby to a mother; representing man's vulnerable and naked birth. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.
  • A woman representing Nature gives a baby to a mother; representing man's vulnerable and naked birth. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.
  • Woman suckling an infant. Chromolithograph.
  • The Virgin Mary prays to the infant Jesus, who is being carried by four kneeling angels; they all stand in a circle around the sun drawn on the ground. Aquatint with etching by C.M. Metz after D. Ghirlandaio.
  • The birth of Christ; the Virgin kneels before the manger. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.
  • Hindu basket maker and wife. Gouache drawing.
  • Saint Sebastian with the infant Saint John the Baptist, Saint Francis, Saint Antony of Padua or Saint Bernardino and Saint George. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Francia.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist (as a child), Saint Paul and Saint Mary Magdalene. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Francia.

Works from the collections

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    The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and angels, with Saint Francis, Saint Dominic, Saint Monica and Saint Mary Magdalene. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, 1830, after L. Carracci.

    Carracci, Lodovico, 1555-1619. | Reference: 11782i
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    The birth of Christ; in the background, shepherds are hailed by an angel. Engraving.

    | Reference: 21812i
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    A Greenwich Pensioner recounting his exploits to a small boy, showing him a print called "The blowing up of the Orient": his mother and a print pedlar (?) look on. Engraving by T. Holles, 1845, after E. M. Ward.

    Ward, Edward Matthew, 1816-1879. | Date: 1845 | Reference: 31794i
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    The Virgin Mary and Christ child with saints (the 'Felicini' altar piece). Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F. Francia, 1494.

    Francia, Francesco, approximately 1450-1517. | Date: 1830 | Reference: 25578i
    • Books

    Why children? / edited and introduced by Stephanie Dowrick & Sibyl Grundberg.

    | Date: 1980

Related topics

Christianity
Angels
Christian saints
Mother-Child Relations
Costume
Infants
Infants in the Bible
Jesus Christ - Nativity
Breast Feeding
Women in Christianity

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