Woman Holding a Child

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1785

The Chinese denied European women entry into Canton. Despite this ban, several Western women nevertheless managed to visit Canton. The Chinese sculptor Chitqua might have made this statuette –possibly a portrait –on such an occasion. Quite exceptionally, the figure is carved from wood rather than modelled in clay, like Chitqua’s other known works.

Artwork typesculpture
Object numberBK-NM-10883
Dimensionsheight 57 cm x width 29 cm, depth 31.5 cm x width 29 cm x depth 31.5 cm
Physical characteristicsteak, copper thread, glass stones, with polychromy in oil

Identification

Title(s)
- Woman Holding a Child
- Mother with child
Object type
Object number
BK-NM-10883

Creation

Creation
- maker: anonymous, Batavia
- maker: Chitqua, Kanton (stad) [rejected attribution]
Dating
c. 1780 - c. 1785
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Material and technique

Physical description
teak, copper thread, glass stones, with polychromy in oil
Dimensions
- height 57 cm x width 29 cm
- depth 31.5 cm x width 29 cm x depth 31.5 cm

This work is about

Subject

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition
purchase 1897
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; collection W.F.C. van Lidth de Jeude (1815-1874) and C.W. de Roo (1816-1896); from their heirs, sale Amsterdam (Frederik Muller & Co), 2-3 March 1897, no. 74, to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague; transferred to the museum, 1885

Documentation

- Jan van Campen, Moeder met kind : Een 'verboden' beeld uit 18e-eeuws China, uit: Vind : geschiedenis, archeologie, kunst en antiek, 2015, 20, pagina 96-97
- Jan van Campen, 'Dame met een kind op de arm', Aziatische Kunst 42/3 (2012), pp. 32-25.

Persistent URL

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