The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 9, 2023

Maternal Solicitude

1777

Jean Baptiste Le Prince

(French, 1734–1781)

France, 18th century

Pen and black ink and brush and brown wash over graphite, with traces of white gouache; framing lines in black ink

Support: Light brown laid paper, laid down on beige(2) laid paper (18th-century mount ?)

Sheet: 13.3 x 18.3 cm (5 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.); Secondary Support: 20 x 25.2 cm (7 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, in memory of H. Oothout Milliken 1953.609

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, lower left, in black ink: Le Prince 1777

Exhibition history

CMA, Rococo, Revolution, Restoration (July 11-Sep. 24, 1989)--[(?)--there are two different label lists for this show in exh. file: 53.609 seems to appear on one but not the other].

CMA, Treasures on Paper (May 10-July 24, 1988).

CMA, 18th Century Master Drawings from the Collection (Oct. 6-Nov. 22, 1981).

CMA, 17th and 18th Century Genre and French Drawings (May 31-Aug. 19, 1979).

Appleton, Wis., Worcester Art Center of Lawrence University, Drawings before 1800 (Jan. 7-21, 1968), no. 30.

CMA, "Gallery List of Drawings" (Jan. 11-Sep. 10, 1963).

CMA, Italian and French Drawings (Oct. 13, 1959-Feb. 2, 1960).

CMA, "Recent Accessions Tea" (Apr. 4, 1954).

Italian and French Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 1959-February 2, 1960).

Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963).

Drawings Before 1800. Wriston Art Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI (organizer) (January 1-February 29, 1968).

18th Century Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 6-November 22, 1981).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1953.609