Woman Feeding a Child

XVIII century. Pencil, Grey-brown wash on laid paper.
Not on display

This drawing depicts a woman wearing a hermit’s habit and a hood. The woman is seated at the door of a hermitage, spoon-feeding a naked child sitting on her lap. In the background, there is an elderly, seated hermit.

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso Emilio, Museo del Prado Catálogo de Dibujos T. III. Dibujos Españoles, Siglo XVIII C-Z, Madrid, Museo del Prado, 1977, p.20

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Inventory number: D000644
Author: José Camarón
Title: Woman Feeding a Child
Date: XVIII century
Technique: Pencil; Grey-brown wash
Support: Laid paper
Dimension: Height: 252 mm; Width: 180 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931
Entry date: 1931

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Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso Emilio, Museo del Prado Catálogo de Dibujos T. III. Dibujos Españoles, Siglo XVIII C-Z, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1977, pp. 20.