'La mère complaisante'

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La mère complaisante, 'the indulgent mother' of the title, is kneeling at the right with a naked child next to a lamb on a leash. Behind them a girl is hanging up washing on the branch of a tree, whilst another kneels stroking the lamb.

The picture is a secularised depiction of the subject Rest on the Flight into Egypt, in which assistants, like angels, help the Virgin Mary to do the washing whilst she plays with her son, Christ.

This is one of eight exquisite paintings on copper now at Stourhead which were commissioned by the duc de Choiseul. They were exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1771.

National Trust, Stourhead

Warminster

Title

'La mère complaisante'

Date

1770

Medium

oil on copper

Measurements

H 40.5 x W 33 cm

Accession number

732293

Acquisition method

gift from Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare along with the estate, house and its contents, 1946

Work type

Painting

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