Black and white sketch of an older man embracing a veiled woman, with a mother and children, a cow and sheep at left.

Allegory of Maternal Felicity

A black-and-white print of a pastoral group: a bearded older man in a long cloak embraces a veiled woman at center, while a seated mother holds an infant at right beside a young child. A cow, sheep and a reclining figure in a headscarf fill the left side beneath a sketchy, cloud-like sky.

Artist: Dominique-Vivant Denon
Date: 1817
Medium: Lithograph in black on gray wove paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1382 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1817).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Department Purchase Fund

lithograph black and white print mother and child neoclassical print