Mother Watching Over Two Young Children Playing (recto); Baby in a Bassinet (verso)

Art Historical Context

Lorenz Frølich, a 19th-century Danish artist for his delicate illustrations and genre scenes (active 1820–1903), everyday tenderness in *Mother Watching Over Two Young Playing* (recto) and *Baby in a Bassinet (verso). This double-sided drawing depicts a watchful mother overseeing her playful daughters on the front,oking the warmth of domestic life, while the reverse shows a swaddled infant, suggesting a complete family vignette. Created around the mid-1800s, it reflects the era's growing emphasis on familial bonds and childhood innocence amid Romantic ideals. Executed in pen and black and bro...