Childish Affections

1883

Not on view

A young Roman woman has bathed a baby (a bowl and sponge placed on a ledge), and now offers it a doll. They sit at the edge of a garden filled with poppies, with a fountain adorned with a statue of Silenus and the baby Dionysus. The print is based on a painting of 1882, (Opus CCXXXV).

Artwork Details

Title: Childish Affections
Artist: After Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (British (born The Netherlands), Dronrijp 1836–1912 Wiesbaden)
Engraver: Charles Oliver Murray (British, Denholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland 1842–1923 London)
Publisher: British and Foreign Artists' Association (London)
Publisher: Knoedler and Co. , New York
Date: 1883
Medium: Engraving on chine collé; proof
Dimensions: chine collé sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (42.5 x 28.5 cm)
mounting sheet: 18 11/16 x 13 11/16 in. (47.5 x 34.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Herman H. Lowenstein, 1973
Object Number: 1973.630.11
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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