Mother Watching Over Two Young Children Playing (recto); Baby in a Bassinet (verso)

Lorenz Frølich Danish

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Frølich built an international career as an illustrator. With the publisher and author Pierre-Jules Hetzel, he produced a popular series of children’s books featuring the adventures of Mademoiselle Lili, based on his own daughter Edma. The artist first studied drawing under Martinus Rørbye, Christen Købke, and C. W. Eckersberg in Denmark before traveling extensively in Germany, Italy, and France, where he settled for an extended period, spending a year in the studio of Thomas Couture. While in London during the Franco-Prussian War, he contributed these illustrations to Eliza Tabor’s book "When I Was a Little Girl: Stories for Children, "published by Macmillan in 1871. These were among the first Danish drawings to enter The Met collection.

Mother Watching Over Two Young Children Playing (recto); Baby in a Bassinet (verso), Lorenz Frølich (Danish, Copenhagen 1820–1908 Hellerup), Pen and black and brown ink with brush and gray wash over graphite

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Mother Watching Over Two Young Children Playing (recto); Baby in a Bassinet (verso), Lorenz Frølich (Danish, Copenhagen 1820–1908 Hellerup), Pen and black and brown ink with brush and gray wash over graphite
Mother Watching Over Two Young Children Playing (recto); Baby in a Bassinet (verso), Lorenz Frølich (Danish, Copenhagen 1820–1908 Hellerup), Pen and black and brown ink with brush and gray wash over graphite

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