The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 25, 2025

Maternal Solicitude

1777

Jean Baptiste Le Prince

(French, 1734–1781)
France, 18th century
pen and black ink and brush and brown wash over graphite, with traces of white gouache; framing lines in black ink
Sheet: 13.3 x 18.3 cm (5 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.); Secondary Support: 20 x 25.2 cm (7 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, in memory of H. Oothout Milliken 1953.609
Location: Not on view
  • Milliken, William Mathewson. “Gifts to the Cleveland Museum of Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 10 (December 1974): 371–383. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 373-374 www.jstor.org
  • CMA, Rococo, Revolution, Restoration (July 11-Sep. 24, 1989)--[(?)--there are two different label lists for this show in exh. file: 53.609 seems to appear on one but not the other].
    Treasures on Paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 10-July 24, 1988).
    18th Century Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 6-November 22, 1981).
    Seventeenth-, Eighteenth-, and Early Nineteenth-Century Genre and French Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 31-August 19, 1979).
    Drawings Before 1800. Wriston Art Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI (organizer) (January 1-February 29, 1968).
    Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963).
    Italian and French Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 1959-February 2, 1960).
    CMA, "Recent Accessions Tea" (Apr. 4, 1954).
  • {{cite web|title=Maternal Solicitude|url=false|author=Jean Baptiste Le Prince|year=1777|access-date=25 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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