| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Culture | French |
| Date | 1894 |
| Object type | painting |
| Medium, technique | oil on wood |
| Dimensions | 33 x 42 cm (13 x 16 9/16 in.) |
| Inventory number | 406.B |
| Collection | Department of Art after 1800 |
| On view | This artwork is not on display |
This small painting by Bonnard is rich with artistic ideas as the woman gently observes the child trying to feed himself alone. Based on a lithograph of 1895, this picture shows Bonnard’s maternal grandmother, Mme Frédéric Mertzdorff, seated at a table with Andrée Terrasse’s third child, Renée. The emphasis on the domed shape of the baby’s cranium, which is particularly evident in the painting, may reflect the slightly comical way babies’ heads are depicted in nineteenth-century Japanese prints.
Genthon, István, Modern francia festmények: Szépművészeti Múzeum Budapest, Remekművek magyarországi gyűjteményekből/Meisterwerke aus ungarischen Sammlungen/Art treasures in Hungarian collections/Chefs d’oeuvre dans les collections hongroises, Corvina, Budapest, 1972, p. 45.
Illyés, Mária, Verő, Mária (ed.), XIX. századi francia művek, A Szépművészeti Múzeum gyűjteményei/The Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest 4, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2001, p. 148-149.
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.
