Antique Master Print-BREASTFEEDING-BABY-CHILDREN-WOMAN-Cars-Greuze-c. 1765

Original antique master print showing a woman breastfeeding her child.

Made by Laurent Cars after Jean Baptiste Greuze.

Medium: Etching / engraving with hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 36 x 49.5 cm (14.17 x 19.49 inch). Image size: 34 x 47.5 cm. (13.39 x 18.7 inch).

Condition: fair, given age. Sharp horizontal creases top and bottom. Paper browned. A few foxing spots, mostly visible on verso. Edges with a few tiny tears, not affecting image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BREASTFEEDING-BABY-CHILDREN-WOMAN | DPO-A2-003-41

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in Paris c. 1765.

Biography engraver: Laurent Cars (28 May 1699 ? 14 April 1771) was a French designer and engraver.

Biography artist: Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) was a French painter of portraits, genre scenes, and history painting.