A mother involved with the mundane duties of raising small children is not a common theme in traditional Chinese art. You will find children at play and sometimes as part of a larger painting of a palace scene, but rarely a tender moment such as captured here.
- Titles Mother and Child (Proper)
- Artist Qian Hui-an, Chinese, 1833 - 1911
- Medium ink and color on paper
- Dimensions 26 x 11 7/8 in. (66 x 30.2 cm)
- Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Spencer III, AFI.35.1995
- Work Type hanging scroll
- Classification Paintings
- Marks Seals: Bao Tian ri zhi; Qian seal
- Inscription Done in the style of Xinluo (Hua Yan) in the early autumn of the year guiwei (1883)