La Naissance
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 14 9/16 × 10 1/16 in. (37 × 25.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.3794
Tags
Art Historical Context
**La Naissance (The Birth), ca. 1744** Step into the intimate world of 18th France with *La Naissance*, a engraving that captures the tender moment of childbirth in a cozy bedroom setting. Created around 1744, this print features a collaborative effort by French artists Bernard Lepicié and Louis Surugue (gravers), Michel François Dandré-B (likely the designer), and Jean-J Baléchou (publisher Rendered in the elegant Rococo style, it showcases women tending to a newborn infant, evoking the era's fascination with domestic intimacy and maternal joy amid ornate interiors. As an engraving on a tri...
About the Artist
Bernard Lepicié|Louis Surugue|Michel François Dandré-Bardon|Jean-Joseph Baléchou (French|French|French) · 1699 |1698 |1698 –1779 |1755 |1755
French, Paris 1699–1779 Paris|French, Paris 1698–1755 Paris|French, Paris 1698–1755 Paris