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Interior Scene with Women and a Child
François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
1751
- Medium
- Etching on laid paper
- Classification
- Prints
- Culture
- France
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
An interior scene with three women and a child near a large fireplace to the right. A women seated on a bench holds a pan to the fire while a woman stands to her left. A third woman sits on the floor, leaning against the bench while holding a baby on her lap. The interior is rustic with jugs, bowls, and baskets scattered throughout. A large barrel in the background. In the foreground some vegetables, a hat, and a shoe. The plate is numbered and signed.
