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450 works by 96 artists

450 works featuring “Mother” by 96 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 121 museums.

The Erinyes Drive Alcmaeon from the Corpse of His Mother, Eriphyle, Whom He Has Killed, Johann Heinrich Füssli

The Erinyes Drive Alcmaeon from the Corpse of His Mother, Eriphyle, Whom He Has Killed, 1821.

Die Erinnyen vertreiben Alkmaion von der Leiche seiner von… (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Soup of the Poor (Venice), Reinaldo Giudici

The Soup of the Poor (Venice), 1884.

La sopa de los pobres (Venecia) (museum title)

Reinaldo Giudici (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Roma Woman with Baby, Amedeo Modigliani

Roma Woman with Baby, 1919.

Roma Woman with Baby (museum title)

Amedeo Modigliani (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

수원화성문, Na Hye-sok

수원화성문, 1929.

수원화성문 (museum title)

Na Hye-sok (Korean)

Korea Copyright Commission, Corée du Sud

Mother Rose looking down at her Sleeping Baby, Mary Cassatt

Mother Rose looking down at her Sleeping Baby, 1908.

Mother Rose looking down at her Sleeping Baby (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israël

Anne Moira and the Hon. Mrs. Forbes-Sempill, John Lavery

Anne Moira and the Hon. Mrs. Forbes-Sempill, 1923.

Anne Moira and the Hon. Mrs. Forbes-Sempill (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Ulster Museum, United Kingdom

A Visit to a New Mother, Mihály Munkácsy

A Visit to a New Mother, 1879.

Besuch bei einer Wöchnerin (museum title)

Mihály Munkácsy (Hungarian), oil on mahogany panel

Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Denise Holding Her Child, Mary Cassatt

Denise Holding Her Child, 1904.

Denise Holding Her Child (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American)

Vanderbilt Museum of Art, United States

By the Baby's Crib, Hugo Simberg

By the Baby's Crib, 1912.

Vauvan korin ääressä (museum title)

Hugo Simberg (Finnish), print

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Virgin suckling the Infant Christ, Titien

The Virgin suckling the Infant Christ, 1565–1575.

La Vierge allaitant l'Enfant Jésus (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Madonna with a Rabbit, Gyula Benczúr

Madonna with a Rabbit, 1910.

Nyulas Madonna (museum title)

Gyula Benczúr (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Jósa András Museum, Hungary

Sewing Lesson, Jean-François Millet

Sewing Lesson, 1874.

Sewing Lesson (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Bathing, Mary Cassatt

Bathing, 1910.

Bathing (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

The Father's Leave-Taking, William Holman Hunt

The Father's Leave-Taking, 1879.

The Father's Leave-Taking (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), etching

National Gallery of Art, United States

Médée furieuse, Eugène Delacroix

Médée furieuse, 1862.

Médée furieuse (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Jacob's Departure, Rodolfo Amoedo

Jacob's Departure, 1884.

A Partida de Jacó (museum title)

Rodolfo Amoedo (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Brazil

The boy is heard, Wilhelm Marstrand

The boy is heard, after 1870.

Drengen høres (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of mother, Anna Ancher

Portrait of mother, 1913.

Portræt af mor (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Bombing: Night, William Orpen

Bombing: Night, 1918.

Bombing: Night (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Interior from the red room with the artist's mother Ane Brøndum reading, Anna Ancher

Interior from the red room with the artist's mother Ane Brøndum reading, 1910.

Kunstnerindens mor, Ane Brøndum, læsende i den røde stue (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Skagens Museum, Denmark

Young Mother, Daughter, and Baby, Mary Cassatt

Young Mother, Daughter, and Baby, 1913.

Young Mother, Daughter, and Baby (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), paper, pastel

Memorial Art Gallery, United States

Father's Leave-Taking, William Holman Hunt

Father's Leave-Taking, 1879.

Father's Leave-Taking (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Father's Leave-Taking, William Holman Hunt

The Father's Leave-Taking, 1879.

The Father's Leave-Taking (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), etching

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Adoration, Paul Peel

Adoration, 1885.

Adoration (museum title)

Paul Peel (Canadian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada

Portrait of Countess Gyula Károlyi, Gyula Benczúr

Portrait of Countess Gyula Károlyi, 1888.

Gróf Károlyi Gyuláné arcképe (museum title)

Gyula Benczúr (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Jósa András Museum, Hungary

Woman with a Sunflower, Mary Cassatt

Woman with a Sunflower, 1905.

Woman with a Sunflower (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Seated mother and daughter, Johan Christian Dahl

Seated mother and daughter, 1853.

Sittende mor og datter (museum title)

Johan Christian Dahl (Norwegian), pencil and wash on paper

National Museum of Norway

Maternité, Amedeo Modigliani

Maternité, 1919.

Maternité (museum title)

Amedeo Modigliani (Italian), oil on canvas

Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art, France

Costume Study, Victor Meirelles

Costume Study, c. 1854–1856.

Estudo de traje (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), watercolor on paper

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

Portrait of Cecilia R. de Peralta Ramos and Her Son, Prilidiano Pueyrredón

Portrait of Cecilia R. de Peralta Ramos and Her Son, 1861.

Retrato de Cecilia R. de Peralta Ramos y su hijo (museum title)

Prilidiano Pueyrredón (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Papirius and his Mother, Nicolai Abildgaard

Papirius and his Mother, 1809.

Papirius og hans moder (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Madame Cyrice Têtu, née Caroline Dionne, and Her Son Amable, Théophile Hamel

Madame Cyrice Têtu, née Caroline Dionne, and Her Son Amable, 1852.

Madame Cyrice Têtu, née Caroline Dionne, et son fils Amable (museum title)

Théophile Hamel (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

Young Woman and Child, Berthe Morisot

Young Woman and Child, 1894.

Young Woman and Child (museum title)

Berthe Morisot (French), oil on canvas

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

Without Bread and Without Work, Ernesto de la Cárcova

Without Bread and Without Work, 1894.

Sin pan y sin trabajo (museum title)

Ernesto de la Cárcova (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mother and Child in the Conservatory, Mary Cassatt

Mother and Child in the Conservatory, 1906.

Mother and Child in the Conservatory (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

New Orleans Museum of Art, United States

Mother, Elin Danielson-Gambogi

Mother, 1893.

Äiti (museum title)

Elin Danielson-Gambogi (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Madame Charles-Hilaire Têtu, née Elizabeth O'Brien, and Her Son Eugène, Théophile Hamel

Madame Charles-Hilaire Têtu, née Elizabeth O'Brien, and Her Son Eugène, 1841.

Madame Charles-Hilaire Têtu, née Elizabeth O'Brien, and Her… (museum title)

Théophile Hamel (Canadian), oil on canvas

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada

Draft for a portrait group. Regine Sophie Tutein, née Wraatz, with her son Peter, Jens Juel

Draft for a portrait group. Regine Sophie Tutein, née Wraatz, with her son Peter, c. 1798–1801.

Udkast til en portrætgruppe. Regine Sophie Tutein, f.… (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), pastel on brown paper

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Harvest, 1918, William Orpen

Harvest, 1918, 1918.

Harvest, 1918 (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

The Artist's Mother Ane Hedvig Brøndum in the Red Room, Anna Ancher

The Artist's Mother Ane Hedvig Brøndum in the Red Room, 1909.

Kunstnerens mor Ane Hedvig Brøndum i den røde stue (museum title)

Anna Ancher (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of the Artist's Wife with the Two Elder Children, Hans Holbein le Jeune

Portrait of the Artist's Wife with the Two Elder Children, c. 1528–1529.

Bildnis der Frau des Künstlers mit den beiden ältesten… (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), mixed technique on cut-out paper, mounted on limewood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Motherhood, Stanisław Wyspiański

Motherhood, 1905.

Macierzyństwo (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pastel on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Mother and Child with a Rose Scarf, Mary Cassatt

Mother and Child with a Rose Scarf, 1908.

Mother and Child with a Rose Scarf (museum title)

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Offering, Paul Gauguin

The Offering, 1902.

L'Offrande (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), oil on canvas

Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Switzerland

The Toy-seller, William Mulready

The Toy-seller, 1857–1863.

The Toy-seller (museum title)

William Mulready (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Mrs. Francisca Valdivia de Chávez and Her Children, Hermenegildo Bustos

Mrs. Francisca Valdivia de Chávez and Her Children, 1862.

Señora doña Francisca Valdivia de Chávez e hijos (museum title)

Hermenegildo Bustos (Mexican), oil on canvas

Museo Soumaya, Mexico

Two Women, Paul Gauguin

Two Women, 1901.

Two Women (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Simplified sketch of the same composition, Jens Juel

Simplified sketch of the same composition, c. 1798–1801.

Forenklet skitse til samme komposition (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), pastel

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Madame Stumpf and Her Daughter, Camille Corot

Madame Stumpf and Her Daughter, 1872.

Madame Stumpf and Her Daughter (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

A woman carrying a vessel on her head and a child on her back, Pancho Fierro

A woman carrying a vessel on her head and a child on her back, c. 1848.

A woman carrying a vessel on her head and a child on her… (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States