The cradle, 1769

Title

The cradle

Draughtsman

• Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• rococo

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite?
• lead-tin alloy?
• handmade paper

Technique

• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?
• lead-pencil drawing?

Geographic Reference

• French

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• genre

Primary

• 42B742(2) mother and child(2), woman and child(2) (2) (2)
• 42A36 mother playing with baby (fondling, dandling, crooning)

Secondary

• 25G3 trees
• 42A361 rocking the baby
• 34B12 cat