Mother's Sorrow
The scene shows an empty crib, the mother looking upward toward the soul of an infant ascending into heaven. Thorns surround the earthly part of the composition, morning glories the heavenly part.
Drawing
| id |
id
32861
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| contentType |
contentType
drawing
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore, date and mode of acquisition unknown; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_37.1957_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_37.1957_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_37.1957_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1957 |
Terms
Medium
pencil and white chalk (?)
Genre
Painting & Drawing
Relations
createdBy