id:			130915
accession number:	1953.609
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.609
updated:		2024-07-24 11:12:25.226000

Maternal Solicitude, 1777. Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734–1781). Pen and black ink and brush and brown wash over graphite, with traces of white gouache; framing lines in black ink; sheet: 13.3 x 18.3 cm (5 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.); secondary support: 20 x 25.2 cm (7 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, in memory of H. Oothout Milliken 1953.609

title:				Maternal Solicitude
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creation date:			1777
creation date earliest:		1777
creation date latest:		1777
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creditline:			Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, in memory of H. Oothout Milliken
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	pen and black ink and brush and brown wash over graphite, with traces of white gouache; framing lines in black ink
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734–1781)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 13.3 x 18.3 cm (5 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.); Secondary Support: 20 x 25.2 cm (7 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
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	description:	light brown laid paper, laid down on beige(2) laid paper (18th-century mount ?)
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	inscription:	signed, lower left, in black ink: Le Prince 1777
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Italian and French Drawings
	opening date:   1959-10-13T04:00:00
	<i>Italian and French Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 1959-February 2, 1960).

	title:		Drawings
	opening date:   1963-01-11T05:00:00
	<i>Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963).

	title:		Drawings Before 1800
	opening date:   1968-01-01T05:00:00
	<i>Drawings Before 1800</i>. Wriston Art Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI (organizer) (January 1-February 29, 1968).

	title:		Seventeenth-, Eighteenth-, and Early Nineteenth-Century Genre and French Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   1979-05-31T04:00:00
	<i>Seventeenth-, Eighteenth-, and Early Nineteenth-Century Genre and French Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 31-August 19, 1979).

	title:		18th Century Master Drawings
	opening date:   1981-10-06T04:00:00
	<i>18th Century Master Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 6-November 22, 1981).

	title:		Treasures on Paper
	opening date:   1988-05-10T04:00:00
	<i>Treasures on Paper</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 10-July 24, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, Rococo, Revolution, Restoration (July 11-Sep. 24, 1989)--[(?)--there are two different label lists for this show in exh. file: 53.609 seems to appear on one but not the other].', 'opening_date': '1989-07-11T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Recent Accessions Tea" (Apr. 4, 1954).', 'opening_date': '1954-04-04T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William Mathewson. “Gifts to the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 10 (December 1974): 371–383.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 373-374
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152561

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IMAGES

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