Saturday, April 14, 2012

Expectant Mothers in Art

From novelist Sandra Gulland:
When studying history, one thing is clear: women were often pregnant. So why is it so rare to see pregnant women in paintings? (Read entire post.)
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3 comments:

julygirl said...

The Vermeer painting is most probably his wife....they had many children...

Dymphna said...

There are no photos of my mother when she was pregnant. She would've broken the camera if anyone had dared to photograph her.

elena maria vidal said...

Dymphna, that's how I felt about it, too!