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Head of a Woman: Study for "The Happy Mother" (L'Heureuse mère) Gm-00045001
Head of a Woman: Study for "The Happy Mother" (L'Heureuse mère) Gm-00045001

Head of a Woman: Study for "The Happy Mother" (L'Heureuse mère) Gm-00045001
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Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758–1823) A nearly life-sized woman in antique dress gazes fondly at something held in her unfinished right arm. With her exposed breast, this ideal woman mingles dream and sensuality, anticipating Romanticism. The broad masses of light and shadow enhance the dreamlike effect.

At the height of his career, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon made this nearly life-sized drawing as a model for a painting by his mistress and professional associate, Constance Mayer. The woman in the painting, titled The Happy Mother, gazes adoringly at her nursing infant. Following the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who popularized and glorified maternity as a natural physical and emotional bond, both artists portrayed feminine tenderness. Such emotion set Prud'hon's imagery apart from his Neoclassical contemporaries. Prud'hon preferred to draw with powdery applications of black and white chalk on blue or gray paper. Instead of using lines, he indicated contours of forms by stumping. Building up form by gradations of light created with white chalk, he explored the play of light on flesh.
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Title: Head of a Woman: Study for "The Happy Mother" (L'Heureuse mère) Gm-00045001
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For more than 60 years we have made high quality Note Cards for shops and the hospitality trade around the world. Each card is printed on acid free archival cotton art paper, incudes an ivory envelope and is individually wrapped in a glassine sleeve. These are made in Switzerland. We are happy to print your logo on the back of these cards for a small one time fee.

Giclee Prints are printed on Premium 200gsm Matte finish paper using the finest archival inks. Each print carries a white border around the perimeter. These are Made in USA or Europe depending upon your location.

High Quality Wood Framed Prints using museum quality paper and archival inks with a white border for a contemporary look. Comes with acrylite glazing and hanging hardware. These are Made in USA or Europe depending upon your location.

Stretched Canvas is stretched over 1.25" thick pine bars and printed on heavy cotton poly matte finish canvas. Comes with mounting brackets. These are Made in USA or Europe depending upon your location.

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