Les Délices de la Maternité (Maternal Pleasure), from Le Monument du Costume
Medium
Etching and engraving; third state of five (Bocher)
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 11/16 × 12 in. (39.8 × 30.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.63
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Les Délices de laaternité (Maternal)**, created in 1777, is a captivating print from *Le Monument du Costume*, renowned series that chronicled historical and contemporary fashions. Engraved primarily by Jean-Michel Moreau the—a master of French Rococo and early Neoclassical illustration—with contributions from writer Restif de la Bretonne, printer l'Imprimerie deult, and engraverore Stanislas Henri Helman, this work captures the tender joys of motherhood amid 18th-century elegance. The third state of five (as cataloged by Bocher) reflects the meticulous refinement typical of such collaborati...