Zogende vrouw

About this artwork

stempel, recto linksonder, gestempeld: Lugt 613e

Art Historical Context

**Zogende vrouw (Nursing Woman)** *Camille Jacob Pissarro, 1922–1930, aquatint, 122 × 112 mm* Discover the tender intimacy of *Zogende vrouw*, aquatint print by Camille Jacob Pissarro created between 1922 and 1930. This small-scale work captures a nursing woman, evoking themes of motherhood and quiet domestic life—a motif resonant in art history from Renaissance Madonnas to modern depictions of everyday humanity. Bearing a collector's stamp (Lugt 613e) on the lower left recto, it hints at esteemed provenance, linking it to discerning 20th-century collections. Pissarro, part of the illustri...

About the Artist

Camille Jacob Pissarro · 1831–1903

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) stands as the patriarch of Impressionism, the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions and a mentor whose influence shaped the trajectory of modern art. Born Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas to a Jewish-Portuguese merchant family, he abandoned the family business to pursue painting, eventually settling in Paris i...