Rassenfosse on Breastfeeding

Maternité by Armand Rassenfosse (1862-1934)

Original etching, 1929

Klein on Breastfeeding

Motherhood, Friedrich Franz Klein (1898 - 1990)

El Greco on Breastfeeding

The Holy Family with Saint Anne, by El Greco

Oil on canvas, 138 x 103.5 cm

Szepmuveseti Muzeum, Budapest, Hungary

Beaubrun on (Royal) Breastfeeding

Louis XIV et la Dame Longuet de La Giraudière

(Louis XIV and his Wet Nurse)

by Charles Beaubrun, c. 1640

81 × 64 cm

Musée national du Château et des Trianons, Versailles

Gentileschi on Breastfeeding

Madonna and Child, Orazio Gentileschi, c. 1609

Painting - oil on canvas

Height: 98.43 cm (38.75 in.), Width: 74.93 cm (29.5 in.)

Workshop of Albrecht Dürer on Breastfeeding

The Virgin and Child ('The Madonna with the Iris')

Painted by unknown assistants of Albrecht Dürer, circa about 1500-10.

The National Gallery, London.

Detailed information, here.

Purchase a print, here.

Käsebier on Breastfeeding

The Manger, by Gertrude Käsebier (American, 1852-1934)

1899. Platinum print, 12 13/16 x 9 5/8" (32.5 x 24.4 cm).

printing this out and carrying it with me

Happy Monday!

I adore this graphic.

I find it particularly relevant, in light of the this ongoing outrage in an Atlanta suburb.

Thanks for the tip, Joanna!

mammo+pedi

I was in dire need of a pedi the other day, and was rejoicing at my good fortune when I found myself out of the apartment with two sleeping boys in their stroller! Like the opportunistic mama I am, I had just made a pit stop at Starbucks and I was about to head to the nearest nail salon when I ran over a bump in the sidewalk and woke up the littlest kiddo. Not fresh. But bless him, he woke up in the sweetest mood, just asking calmly to nurse, so I decided to carry on with my plans. After all, a massage chair seemed like a much more comfy option than the park bench planted on the median in the middle of Broadway. So we picked a color and plopped down at Refined Sparkling Nails & Spa for a snack and some relaxation. It was awesome! Clearly Walker and I enjoyed ourselves, and Jackson slept through the whole thing ;)

Rivera on Breastfeeding

Motherhood Angelina and the Child Diego

(Maternidad Angelina y et nino Diego),

by Diego Rivera, c. 1918.

Browning on Breastfeeding

Mother and Child, by Colleen Browning

Found here.

Ribas on Breastfeeding

Untitled (V 341), by Luis Ribas, 2009.

Found here.

Muter on Breastfeeding

Pieta on the Rhone, Maternity, and Children

all works by Mela Muter (Maria Melania Mutermilch),

1876-1967.

Found here and here.

Lebasque on Breastfeeding

Motherhood or Madame Lebasque and Her Children (1905).

By Henri Lebasque (1865-1937).

Goldthwaite on Breastfeeding

The Green Sofa, Anne Goldthwaite (1869–1944)

Date: 1930–40 (?)

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 49.5 cm)

Via The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Utagawa Toyokuni on Breastfeeding

Ghyakurakan segaki by Utagawa Toyokuni, (1786-1865).

Woodcut, color; 38.6 x 25.5 cm.

Mary Cassatt on Breastfeeding

Drypoint depicting a nursing mother with her child, by Mary Cassatt,

from about 1891.

Remember this gorgeous Mary Cassatt?

Via The Library of Congress

Puvis de Chavannes on Breastfeeding

The Young Mother also known as Charity,

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898), circa 1887.

Oil on canvas. H. 56; W. 47 cm. Musée d'Orsay, Paris).

Read more about this work, here.

Frank on Breastfeeding

Mary and Pablo, Feb, 1952. Robert Frank.

Silver print, 11 x 14 inches

"Portraits include...most compellingly...Frank's wife Mary reclining with their infant son, Pablo. With one breast bare and ready to nurse, she stares at the viewer through piercing pale eyes, providing an intimate glimpse of Frank's own American life."

Excerpted from a review of a 2009 show of Frank's work at the

Robert Mann Gallery,

Art News, December 2009.

Modersohn-Becker on Breastfeeding

Nursing Mother by Paula Modersohn-Becker

Happy International Women's Day!