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Description: | The proud father watches as his wife is giving birth. On the right is a caricature of a midwife or wisewoman. The standing figure pouring water into a bowl may be a personification of Hygiene, as a similar figure appears on a Wedgwood plaque of the goddess Hygieia. She is also the maid who is preparing to wash the baby. The furniture is of an advanced Neoclassical type. An inscription on the reverse of the painting may be by a French painter living in Åbo, Sweden (later known as Turku, Finland), 1800. | Subjects: | figure; interior; still life; everyday life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Swedish School Æ Attributed to Desprez, Louis Jean (French painter, architect, printmaker, 1743-1804) Previously attributed to Abildgaard, Nicolai Abraham (Danish painter, 1743-1809) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8336... | Go to resource |
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