Mother Love
Medium
Painting
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans
Accession Number
1909.7.52
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Mother Love" by Charles Naegele is a painting that captures the timeless bond between a mother and child, a theme that resonates deeply across cultures and eras. Housed in the Smithsonian American Museum, this undated work (n.d.) exemplifies the enduring appeal of domestic scenes in American art, where everyday tenderness often served as a counterpoint to the industrial changes of the late 19 and early 20th. Naegele's painting, generously gifted to the museum by collector William T. Evans, the nurturing essence of motherhood—a motif celebrated in Western art from Renaissance Madonnas to Vict...