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Mother with Two Children

Jean-Baptist Frénet, 1855

A mother and her two children, gathered in a plain setting with an easy, unposed feeling that was rare in portraits of the 1850s.

CHF 99.00

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Size: 45 × 60 cm
Frame: No frame

Printed by our partner in Germany, delivered in 7–12 working days. Swiss import charges may apply.

Edges: Mirrored

Same price. This fills the band on the front and covers the canvas sides.

Printed complete, never cropped

To fit 45 × 60 cm, a 4% band on the left and right is filled with a mirror of the artwork's own edge. Nothing of the artwork is cut off. The preview shows exactly what you'll receive. The canvas sides are a mirror of the artwork's own edge, so the whole artwork stays on the front.

  • ✓ Printed to order for you
  • ✓ Stretched on a 2 cm wooden frame, ready to hang
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About this artwork

Jean-Baptiste Frénet made this family grouping around 1855 as a salted paper print from a collodion negative. He had been a painter, but his anti-government political activity closed off professional opportunities, so he took up photography in 1850. A decade later he opened a commercial portrait studio. He liked simple, plain settings and let the interactions between sitters show their personalities and relationships. This picture was probably made for his own pleasure, and it has a casual immediacy that was unusual for the time, in both painted and photographed portraits.

On your wall: Its quiet, intimate subject and soft photographic tones suit living rooms, bedrooms, hallways and reading corners, especially in calm, neutral interiors.

Title
Mother with Two Children
Artist
Jean-Baptist Frénet
Year
1855
Style
Black & white photography
Shape
Portrait

Public domain (CC0). Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Text based on Cleveland Museum of Art (CC0).

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Canvas and printing

Printed on canvas and stretched over a 2 cm FSC-certified wooden frame, with the image wrapping around the edges. Framed versions sit in a wooden floater frame in black, natural or dark wood.

Delivery and returns

Every canvas is printed to order by our partner in Germany: framed canvases arrive in 6–11 working days, unframed ones in 7–12 working days. Delivery is free in Switzerland on orders from CHF 99. We also deliver to the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and many more countries, printed close to you where possible. You can return an undamaged canvas within 14 days. See delivery and returns.

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