Portrait of a Mother and Daughter (c. 1794–95): Art, History and Details

Portrait of a Mother and Daughter (c. 1794–95) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Henri-Pierre Danloux (French, 1753–1809).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Though flowing loose and free across her shoulders, the woman’s hair is partly bound up in a red kerchief, a tell-tale sign she is an active participant in the French Revolution. The painting also celebrates primary values of the Revolutionary period--close family bonds and, especially, the mother’s role in raising children--by depicting an intimate connection between mother and daughter.

Object facts

• Title: Portrait of a Mother and Daughter
• Date: c. 1794–95
• Creator attribution: Henri-Pierre Danloux (French, 1753–1809)
• Culture: France
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: Framed: 52.7 x 44.1 x 4.5 cm (20 3/4 x 17 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.); Unframed: 44.4 x 36 cm (17 1/2 x 14 3/16 in.)
• Collection: P - French 18th Century
• Department: European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 2008.286

Collection credit

Bequest of Muriel Butkin

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