An Indian Woman and Her Son
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 10 5/16 in. (23.2 × 26.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1964
Accession Number
64.605.13
Art Historical Context
In the early 19th century, artist Alexandre-Gabriel Dec captured the exotic allure of the East in *An Indian Woman and Her*, a tender lithograph produced in 1830. Decamps, a pioneer of Orientalism—a Romantic movement romanticizing Middle Eastern and Asian cultures—drew from his travels and imagination to portray intimate scenes of foreign life. Printed by the skilled lithographer M.mann, this work measures a modest 9 1/8 × 10 5/16 inches, making it an accessible print for collectors eager to bring the "Orient" into their homes. Lithography, a revolutionary technique invented just decades earl...
About the Artist
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps|M. Engelmann · 1803–1860
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