Standing Woman with a Child near a Fountain
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 10 1/16 × 8 9/16 in. (25.5 × 21.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.95.852
Art Historical Context
**Standing Woman with a Child near Fountain**, an etching from 1667, showcases a collaboration between Dutch engraver Dancker Danerts and French artist Michel Dorigny. Created during the Baroque era, this intimate scene captures a poised woman and child beside a fountain, evoking the period's fascination with graceful figures and classical motifs. Danckerts, known for work in Rome, and Dorigny, a follower of Simon Vouet, together produced this print measuring about 10 by 8.5 inches, now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Elisha Whittelsey Collection. Etching, the chosen medium, was revo...
About the Artist
Dancker Danckerts|Michel Dorigny (Dutch|French) · 1634 |1616 –1666 |1665
Dutch, Amsterdam 1634–1666 Amsterdam|French, Saint-Quentin 1616/17–1665 Paris