Young Mother Gazing at Her Child
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
56 x 40 1/2 in. (142.2 x 102.9 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Zene Montgomery Pyle, 1993
Accession Number
1993.402
Tags
Art Historical Context
William Bouguereau's *Young Mother Gazing at Her Child* (1871) captures an intimate, tender moment of maternal love, rendered in oil on canvas with the artist's signature polish and realism. Measuring 56 x 40½ inches, this European painting from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection depicts a young mother lost in adoration of her infant, embodying the idealized beauty and emotional depth Bouguereau was renowned for. Donated through the bequest of Zene Montgomery Pyle in 1993, it exemplifies the Academic style that dominated 19th-century French Salons, where Bouguereau thrived as a leadin...