Vrouw wast en verbindt de wond van een jongen
Charles-Abraham Chasselat
in of na 1823 - in of voor 1830
Medium
lithography
Dimensions
270; 205
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228a
Art Historical Context
**Vrouw wast en verbindt de wond van een jongen (Woman Washes and Bandages a Boy's Wound) is a poignant lithography by French artist Charles-Abraham Chelat, created sometime between 1823 and1830. Chasselat, a painter and printmaker renowned for his tender depictions of children and domestic life, captures a moment of quiet compassion: a woman gently tending to a young boy's injury. This intimate genre scene reflects the Romantic era's fascination with everyday humanity, emotion, and familial bonds amid post-Napoleonic France's social shifts. Printed in lithography—a revolutionary technique in...