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Mother and Child: A Modern Madonna

Artist: George de Forest Brush, American, 1855-1941
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1919
Dimensions: 43 1/2 x 35 5/8 in. (110.5 x 90.5 cm)
Signature: Signed lower right: "Geo. de Forest Brush / 1919"
Inscriptions: Inscribed verso: "Do not varnish this picture. wax it./ See that pine trees to the left/ are erect when hagnin [sic].--/ George De Forest/ Brush"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 19.93
Credit Line: Museum Collection Fund and by subscription
Image: Overall, 19.93_transp3194.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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