http://collections.mfa.org/collections/315237/objects/rdfMFA Images: Motherhoodhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1110842/resize%3Aformat%3Dfullhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/891443/resize%3Aformat%3Dfull"Ah! Mon Beau Chateau...!! - Robe de maison par Doucet," plate VIII from Gazette du Bon Ton, Volume 1, No. 6April 1913DrésaPhotomechanical lithograph with hand-applied color (pochoir)Robe de maison de Doucet en mousseline de laine à petites côtes; corsage brodé de petites roses; manches et volants de mousseline galonnés de rubans.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/441552/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1317499/resize%3Aformat%3DfullAmulet of Hathor nursing a queen743–712 B.C.SilverThis gilded silver amulet shows the Kushite Queen Nefrukakashta being embraced and nursed by a goddess, probably Hathor. The goddess wears the vulture headdress and a crown consisting of a diadem with bovine horns and the solar disc. A protective vulture flies above the queen, its claw resting on her royal uraeus cobra. http://collections.mfa.org/objects/45975/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/957791/resize%3Aformat%3DfullAt Dusk (Boston Common at Twilight)1885–86Childe HassamOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/32415/rdfThe Barefooted Childabout 1898Mary Stevenson CassattDrypoint, soft ground etching and aquatint in colorhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/110140/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/774964/resize%3Aformat%3DfullThe Bathabout 1891Mary Stevenson CassattDrypoint, soft ground etching and aquatint in colorhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/110144/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/758948/resize%3Aformat%3DfullThe Bathabout 1891Mary Stevenson CassattDrypoint, soft ground etching and aquatint in colorPrinted from 2 plateshttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/333545/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/758949/resize%3Aformat%3DfullThe Bathabout 1891Mary Stevenson CassattDrypoint, soft ground etching, and aquatintPrinted from 3 plateshttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/333546/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1775898/resize%3Aformat%3DfullBridlington Quay1883Winslow HomerWatercolor over graphite on paperhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/4834/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/920691/resize%3Aformat%3DfullBy the RiversideHenry LerolleOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/30926/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1544118/resize%3Aformat%3DfullCamille Monet and a Child in the Artist's Garden in Argenteuil1875Claude MonetOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/34242/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1317525/resize%3Aformat%3DfullCaresse Maternelleabout 1902Mary Stevenson CassattOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/34077/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/886088/resize%3Aformat%3DfullCaritas1894–95Abbott Handerson ThayerOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/31090/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/985143/resize%3Aformat%3DfullCatharine Wheeler Hardy and Her Daughterabout 1845Jeremiah Pearson HardyOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/33023/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/782434/resize%3Aformat%3DfullCharlotte Nichols Greene and her son Stephen1924John Singer SargentCharcoal on paperhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/264599/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1267460/resize%3Aformat%3DfullChildren Feeding Geese1881Julien DupréOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/31861/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/676046/resize%3Aformat%3DfullCottage InteriorBernardus Johannes BlommersOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/31529/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/684797/resize%3Aformat%3DfullDeliverance Mapes Waldo and Her Sonabout 1830Samuel Lovett WaldoOil on panelhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/32949/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/985155/resize%3Aformat%3DfullEmma and Her Children1923George Wesley BellowsOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/32182/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/780343/resize%3Aformat%3DfullThe Father's Leave-Taking1879William Holman HuntEtching on cream, smooth, laid paperhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/4464/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1627386/resize%3Aformat%3DfullFigure vase in the form of a woman and child1435–1380 B.C.Pottery, red polished clayThis delightful little bottle takes the form of a kneeling woman, holding a child about to nurse in her lap. A consummate example of the potter's craft, the bottle was made in several parts, probably using molds, with incised details added later. The entire vessel was then covered with a reddish brown slip or wash and was heavily burnished, skillfully concealing the joins. The small size, fanciful shape, and distinctive reddish brown color identify this bottle as one of a select group of pottery containers known as figure vases. The category includes other figural vessels in the shape of a standing woman carrying a basket or playing a lute, or with necks in the form of a woman's head, as well as vessels in the form of wildlife such as fish, grasshoppers, hedgehogs, or reclining ibexes with fawns. Another related group cleverly imitates leather bags or stone vessels. Figure vases are fairly restricted in date to a period of some forty years at most, from the end of the reign of Thutmose III to the beginning of the reign of Amenhotep III.Nursing-woman vases form a distinct subgroup of figure vases. Other known examples are so similar to Boston's in size and composition that they all must have been made by the same potters using the same molds. Their small size and narrow mouths suggest that they were meant to contain some precious, perishable substance such as a cosmetic or medicine, perhaps even mother's milk. Mother's milk was used in ancient Egypt as an ingredient in various medical prescriptions, not all of them pediatric. The vessel's capacity is roughly equal to the amount a single breast produces at one feeding.The subject of this bottle, so evocative of Isis and Horus, may have held a reassuring message in any of a number of contexts, funerary or otherwise. As the son of Isis and Osiris, Horus was the rightful heir to Egypt's throne. To hide him from his jealous uncle Seth, Isis took the infant Horus to the Delta marshes, shielding him with her magic from snakes and scorpions. Isis therefore became in the Egyptian consciousness the archetypal protective mother.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/164577/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1053446/resize%3Aformat%3DfullFigurine of woman nursing a child600–480 B.C.LimestoneThis stone figurine depicts a woman holding a child, who nurses at her breast. Though the object is now rather worn, some details of the depiction still stand out. The small child is supported by the arms of the woman as he reaches up towards her chest. The woman appears to wear a relatively simple, clinging garment. The head of the woman is distinctly Egyptianizing in style: her heavily rounded, wig-like hair particularly recalls depictions of the Egyptian goddess Hathor.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/151907/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/774970/resize%3Aformat%3DfullGathering Fruitabout 1893Mary Stevenson CassattDrypoint, soft ground etching, and aquatint in colorPrinted from 3 plates; Only known impression of this statehttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/110138/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/754668/resize%3Aformat%3DfullGathering Fruitabout 1893Mary Stevenson CassattDrypoint, soft ground etching, and aquatint in colorPrinted from 3 plateshttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/166646/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/961528/resize%3Aformat%3DfullGathering Fruitabout 1893Mary Stevenson CassattDrypoint, soft ground etching, and aquatint in colorPrinted from 3 plateshttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/458621/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/983337/resize%3Aformat%3DfullGeorgianna Buckham and Her Mother (Anna Traphagen Buckham)1839Henry InmanOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/31823/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1212759/resize%3Aformat%3DfullThe Good Motherca. 1777-1779Jean-Honoré FragonardOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/32913/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/798242/resize%3Aformat%3DfullGretchen Osgood Warren (Mrs. Fiske Warren) and Her Daughter Rachel1903John Singer SargentOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/33862/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/774963/resize%3Aformat%3DfullIn the Omnibusabout 1891Mary Stevenson CassattSoft ground etching, drypoint and color aquatintTrial proof Fhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/110147/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/917662/resize%3Aformat%3DfullKanamono in the form of a family group with a child, mother and grandmothermid to late 19th century (before 1889)Unno MoritoshiMain material: gold; other metals: shakudô, shibuichi and copper; decorative technique: uchidashi, takabori, zôganhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/10159/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/999932/resize%3Aformat%3DfullKnitting Lessonabout 1854Jean-François MilletOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/31290/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1164048/resize%3Aformat%3DfullKnitting Lessonabout 1860Jean-François MilletOil on panelhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/31620/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/891381/resize%3Aformat%3Dfull"Les Premières Roses - Costume Tailleur pour le matin," plate II from Gazette du Bon Ton, Volume 1, No. 5March 1913Francisco Javier GoséPhotomechanical lithograph with hand-applied color (pochoir)Ce costume tailleur est composé d'une jaquette en forme de blouse serrée à la taille par une ceinture fermant derrière. La jupe est étroite et garnie dans le haut d'un drapé en forme de pannier.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/441239/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/765838/resize%3Aformat%3DfullThe Little Convalescentabout 1873–79Eastman JohnsonOil on paperboardhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/32735/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/832192/resize%3Aformat%3DfullMan, woman, and child under flowered tree1759–70Chelsea ManufactorySoft-paste porcelain, colored enamels, gildingA family group seated under a red flowered tree. Man seated on white gold rimmed barrel, with barrel in front of him, dressed in black hat, red coat, pink breeches. Woman, nursing infant in yellow dress, wears green dress with lavendar bodice. Child in brownhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/56847/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/968947/resize%3Aformat%3DfullMaternal Caressabout 1891Mary Stevenson CassattDrypoint, soft ground etching and color aquatintTrial proof Ahttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/110135/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/746779/resize%3Aformat%3DfullMother and Childabout 1865William Morris HuntOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/31486/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/964918/resize%3Aformat%3DfullMother and Childabout 1904Gari MelchersPastel on paper mounted on paperboardhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/32452/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/691302/resize%3Aformat%3DfullMother and Child1777-79Jean-Honoré FragonardOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/33933/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1018321/resize%3Aformat%3DfullMother and Child1848Sturtevant J. HamblinOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/34434/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/829748/resize%3Aformat%3DfullMother and ChildundatedJacob BrugmannWatercolorWatercolor on paperhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/230032/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1110842/resize%3Aformat%3DfullMother and Child in a Boat1892Edmund C. TarbellOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/32078/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/852301/resize%3Aformat%3DfullMother and Child Playing with ToysArtist unknown, JapaneseColor lithograph; ink on card stockhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/414667/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/768590/resize%3Aformat%3DfullMother Holding Thomas Carew Hunt Martin as InfantJune 22, 1857Charles MartinWatercolor on paperVisiting foreign artist- anonymous. Mother seated in bedroom holding baby; mantlepiece behind; young woman reading, partially seen at left. Table in front of window right; trunk nearby lettered M.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/157717/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/900921/resize%3Aformat%3DfullMrs. Cephas Smith, Jr. (Mary Gove) and Childabout 1803William JennysOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/34196/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/909166/resize%3Aformat%3DfullNancy Southworth Hawes and Marion Augusta Hawes1855Southworth and HawesPhotograph, daguerreotypehttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/159942/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/775055/resize%3Aformat%3DfullPeasant Mother and Childabout 1894Mary Stevenson CassattDrypoint and color aquatintPrinted from 3 plateshttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/110139/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/897377/resize%3Aformat%3Dfull"Portrait de Mme. V. R. et de sa fille - Robes, de Jeanne Lanvin," plate 69 from Gazette du Bon Ton, Volume 2, No. 9November 1922Charles MartinLithograph with hand-applied color (pochoir)Deux robes de Jeanne Lanvin: l'une en crèpe brodé chenille et argent; chevrons et cocardes en velours. L'autre, la robe de fillette, en velours noir et crèpe de chine; boutons d'argent en forme de glands.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/450547/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1028769/resize%3Aformat%3DfullReading Lesson1865Auguste ToulmoucheOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/32101/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1128206/resize%3Aformat%3DfullRest on the Flight into Egyptabout 1690Aert de GelderOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/33588/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/970858/resize%3Aformat%3DfullSchiele's Wife with Her Little Nephew1915Egon SchieleCharcoal and opaque watercolor on white wove paperhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/149819/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/999953/resize%3Aformat%3DfullSewing Lesson1874Jean-François MilletOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/30876/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/685915/resize%3Aformat%3DfullA Street in Winter: Eveningabout 1855Unidentified artist, American, mid-19th centuryOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/33088/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/776793/resize%3Aformat%3DfullStudy for Woman Feeding a Child1861Jean-François MilletBlack conté crayon and graphite pencil on light brown laid paperhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/197934/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/774975/resize%3Aformat%3DfullUnder the Horse-Chestnut Treeabout 1895Mary Stevenson CassattDrypoint and color aquatintPrinted from 3 plates; Only two impressions are known (Breeskin 1979, p.67)http://collections.mfa.org/objects/166647/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1043478/resize%3Aformat%3DfullVenus and Cupidabout 1779John Singleton CopleyOil on canvas mounted on fiberboardhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/32171/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1068462/resize%3Aformat%3DfullVirgin and ChildDomenico CorviOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/31008/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/696471/resize%3Aformat%3DfullVirgin and ChildSassoferrato (Giovanni Battista Salvi)Oil on canvas mounted on Masonitehttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/35284/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/952503/resize%3Aformat%3DfullWoman Bathing a Small Boyabout 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyōwa 1)Kitagawa Utamaro IWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/234104/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/783136/resize%3Aformat%3DfullWoman Feeding a Child1861Jean-François MilletEtching on heavy, pale gray antique laid paperCredit Line should read "Gift of the Misses Aimée and Rosamond Lamb"http://collections.mfa.org/objects/172216/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/838744/resize%3Aformat%3DfullWoman holding a child323–31 B.C.TerracottaFragment of statuette of woman holding a child. Drapery carried over woman's head and around child. Missing below the waist.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/151918/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/935833/resize%3Aformat%3DfullWoman Sewing beside her Sleeping Childabout 1858–62Jean-François MilletOil on panelhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/31609/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1544134/resize%3Aformat%3DfullWoman with a Parasol and Small Child on a Sunlit Hillsideabout 1874–76Pierre-Auguste RenoirOil on canvashttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/33322/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/776697/resize%3Aformat%3DfullWoman with Two InfantsLate 19th to early 20th centuryPaul César F. HelleuRed, black and white chalk on paperChalk Drawing, red, black and white.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/242531/rdf