Boitard, Louis-Philippe, active 1733-1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
1751.
Call Number:
Print00688
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from artist's place of residence., In lower margin center: According to Act of Parliament 1751., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
An angel with a crown of flowers on her head holds two sleeping babies in her arms as she flies to the left. The sky is drawn with a crescent moon, clouds, stars, two bats, and an owl. Below her, a rural scene with cows sleeping to right and a boy (a shepherd?) to the left, who also sleeps, his arms resting against a rock out-cropping. In the background, a man and woman walk toward a cottage, the man holding a torch to light the way. In the distance on a hill is a walled city, with smoke pouring from the building on the right
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Watermark: Pro patria.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Angels, Bats, Cattle, Infants, Owls, Rural life, and Sleeping
