Artwork
A Mother Feeding her Child (The Happy Mother)
A Mother Feeding her Child (The Happy Mother) is an unspecified painting by the Rococo painting artist Willem van Mieris. It dates from 1707 and is held in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Overview
A Mother Feeding her Child, also known as The Happy Mother, is a 1707 painting by Dutch artist Willem van Mieris.
Subject & Meaning
The work is a genre scene, depicting a domestic moment of a mother nursing her child, a common theme in Dutch art that reflects everyday life.
History & Provenance
The painting is part of the collection at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Artist & collection
A Mother Giving her Child the Breast
A Mother Feeding her Child (The Happy Mother)
A Mother with her Children
'Good Neighbors'
Nursing mother with three girls
Interior with a Woman Embroidering and Rocking a Child in a Cradle
Mother with two children
A Lady and a Child with a Serving Maid
Triptych: Allegory of Art Training
Kitchen Scene
The Moreuil market