This first picture represents my maternal instincts of caring, nurturing, giving and loyalty. Kauffmann painted this for an English patron in 1785. Like Cornelia, I too have 2 boys and one girl and they are my most valuable treasure. In painting Cornelia wearing a white dress, and placed in the center of the picture, balanced on either side by her children, Kauffmann presents the mother in the idealized angelic model of perfect mother.
Kimberlie,
ReplyDeleteI don't have any kids myself but I've always had a maternal instinct. Everyone in my family has always called me the mom. That's probably why my work and hobby is to babysit. I watch too boys ones 8 and the other is 12. This picture is exactly how I feel when I'm with them. I love them to death and can't wait for some of my own. You look like an awesome mom and that picture is the perfect example of it.
~Devon
kimberlie...beautifully written...fauvist energy, gaudi's complexity and kauffman's tender representation on motherhood...nice!
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