Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Young Mother Seated, Holding her Baby in a Portable Crib on her Knees

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié
1735-1784

Young Mother Seated, Holding her Baby in a Portable Crib on her Knees

13 7/8 x 11 inches (352 x 279 mm)
Black, red, and white chalks, with some stumping, on light brown paper.
1961.11

Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.

Notes
Watermark: none.
This sheet is a study for the painting "La Bonne Mère", executed in 1774 (formerly in the Burat collection, present location unknown).
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in pen and brown ink at lower left, "Lépicié".
Associated names
Renaud, Franc̜ois, former owner.
Komor, Mathias, 1909-1984, former owner.
Bibliography
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 153.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Eleventh Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1961. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1961, p. 95-96.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department