A Woman Holding a Sleeping Infant on Her Shoulder
A Woman Holding a Sleeping Infant on Her Shoulder

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A Woman Holding a Sleeping Infant on Her Shoulder

Eugène Carrière, French, 1849–1906
x1948-308

Information

Title
A Woman Holding a Sleeping Infant on Her Shoulder
Maker
Eugène Carrière
Medium
Black chalk, stumped
Dimensions
25.3 x 20.0 cm. (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-308
Inscription
In graphite, on verso lower left: 8578 [underlined] | Femme tenant un infant endormi s[illegible] son epaule
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp in black ink, on verso lower left: D.F.P. [in circle] [Lugt 750a]
Culture
French
Type
drawings
Materials
black chalk, wove paper
Techniques
stumping
Subject
infants, sleeping, figures (representations), women

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