Hurkende vrouw en een kind
1731
Medium
etching
Dimensions
203; 282
About this artwork
height 282 mm x width 203 mm
Art Historical Context
**Hurkende vrouw en kind (Crouching Woman and Child)** Created in 1731 by Frenchaver Michel Aubert,Hurkende vrouw en kind* is a delicate etching measuring 282 mm high by 203 mm wide. The title evokes an intimate genre scene, likely depicting a woman in a crouched pose with a child—common motifs in 18th-century European art that celebrated everyday human connections amid the era's growing interest in domestic life. Aubert, active during the transition to the Rococo period, specialized in printmaking, using etching to reproduce and disseminate images widely. Etching's significance lies in it...
About the Artist
Michel Aubert · 1930–2030
Michel Aubert (1930–2019) was a French expressionist painter and lithographer whose uncompromising artistic vision emerged from the vibrant Parisian art scene of the mid-20th century. Born in Paris on November 20, 1930, Aubert lived and worked in the city's 13th arrondissement until his death on December 7, 2019. As a self-taught artist who refused formal academic training, Aubert developed a high...