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Maternité (Studies for Mother and Child), (1885) is in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Description
Maternité (Studies for Mother and Child) c. 1885 is a chalk drawing done by French artist Pierre-August Renoir. A glimpse into Renoir's family life is presented, in a series of three studies this chalk drawing portrays Mademoiselle Renoir nursing Pierre their first newborn. Simple chalk contours depict a content mother and child sitting in a park.

Historical information
A private rendition of Renoir's family life depicts the blurring boundaries between a collective yet individual experience of a mother nursing her newborn child. Universally witnessed and experienced by humans across the world, the bond between child and mother has been relentlessly depicted by centuries of devotional altarpieces of the Madonna and Christ child. This modern rendition depicts Renoir's wife nursing their newborn child Pierre during a summer afternoon at a park. Baby Pierre is plump, rosy and happily nursing from his mother's breast. Mademoiselle Renoir is depicted as a young wife, her round face echoes shares similarities with that of her child, hinting at her youthfulness. This is a testament to the continuous human desire to depict these bonds of affection (100).

Acquisition
Donated by Sam and Ayala Zacks.