Pen and ink drawing of a winged figure above a woman holding a child, a kneeling man tending a fire at left, and a seated nude man with a lyre at right.

An Allegory of Birth, pen and brown ink drawing

Pen and brown ink drawing over black chalk on laid paper shows a winged figure descending above a standing woman who holds a small child, while a bearded kneeling figure tends a fire on a stone altar at lower left. At right, a seated nude man beside a lyre looks toward the scene; clouds fill the upper sky.

Artist: Mauritius Lowe
Date: c. 1770-90
Medium: Pen and brown ink over black chalk on cream laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2148 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1795).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

18th century pen and ink drawing laid paper allegory clouds neoclassical winged figure black chalk lyre woman with child altar fire