Seated Woman with Peasant Boy Holding a Basket
published 1735
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 19.9 x 12.9 cm (7 13/16 x 5 1/16 in.) sheet: 35.2 x 22.5 cm (13 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1988.35.10
Art Historical Context
In the National Gallery of Art's collection, *Seated Woman with Pe Boy Holding a Basket* a delicate etching on laid paper, published in 1735 by François Boucher after the earlier design of Abraham Bloemaert. a modest plate size of 19.9 x 12.9 cm, this print captures a tender moment: a seated woman, likely a mother figure, accompanied by a young peasant boy clutching a basket, evoking rural simplicity and familial warmth. Boucher, a leading Rococo artist known for his ornate, playful style, here pays homage to Bloemaert, a Dutch master of the Mannerist and early Baroque periods (1566–1651). Re...