A young woman having her child breast-fed by a goat, line engraving by michel olivier le bas reproducing a painting by henriette lorimier exhibited in paris at the salon of 1804 (number 310 of the booklet): a young woman - having been unable to continue to breast-feed her child, she watches him suckle the goat who takes her place, and abandons herself to the reflections that her situation gives rise to. The engraving was published in charles-paul landon, annals of the museum and the modern school of fine arts, 1805, 1st series, vol. 9, plate 72 and p. 147. Another version on gallica. Object Type: print. Date: 1805. Medium: line engraving.
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