A young girl walks towards the left with one infant on her shoulder and holding another small child's hand, while two children walk at right with a torch and a basket
ca. 1780
Medium
Etching with brown wash on light blue laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 11 9/16 × 9 3/16 in. (29.4 × 23.4 cm) Sheet: 14 15/16 × 12 3/16 in. (37.9 × 31 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dr. Leopold Heinemann, 1948
Accession Number
48.99.13
Tags
Art Historical Context
This charming etching, titled *A young girl walks towards left with one infant on shoulder and holding another small hand, while two children at right with a torch a basket*, captures a tender moment of childhood innocence. Created around 1780 by Stefano Mulinari after the 16th-century Geno Mannerist artist Luca Cambias, the composition evokes a sense of gentle procession, with the central girl balancing her young charges while two others approach from the right bearing a torch—symbolizing enlightenment or guidance—and a basket, perhaps hinting at everyday domesticity or allegory. Mulinari's ...
About the Artist
Luca Cambiaso|Stefano Mulinari · 1527–1585
Luca Cambiaso (1527–1585) was an Italian painter and draftsman who dominated artistic life in Genoa during the second half of the sixteenth century and became one of the most innovative draftsmen of the Late Renaissance. Born in Moneglia near Genoa, he trained under his father, the painter Giovanni Cambiaso, and demonstrated precocious talent, reportedly completing his first public fresco commissi...