Illustration
An 1872 oil on canvas painting, The Cradle, by Berthe Morisot (1841-95), the French impressionist painter. The figures are the artist's sister Edma and her daughter Blanche. The soft colours suggest the tender relationship between mother and daughter. Morisot, like other impressionists, was interested in the problems of depicting the effects of light on white objects – here the curtains over the cradle and at the window. (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)
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d'Orsay, M. (2022, March 22). The Cradle by Morisot. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15504/the-cradle-by-morisot/
Chicago Style
d'Orsay, Musée. "The Cradle by Morisot." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 22, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15504/the-cradle-by-morisot/.
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d'Orsay, Musée. "The Cradle by Morisot." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 22 Mar 2022. Web. 22 Feb 2025.
