Cherubs
PainterAttributed to
Joseph Steward
American, 1753 - 1822
Dateabout 1796
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 34 × 31 1/2in. (86.4 × 80cm)
Frame (height x width): 36 1/2 × 34in. (92.7 × 86.4cm)
Frame (height x width): 36 1/2 × 34in. (92.7 × 86.4cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the Warren family, in memory of William L. Warren
DescriptionFramed painting attributed to Joseph Steward depicting a woman or an angel dressed in a short-sleeved white gown. The woman nurses one cherub while five other nude cherubs draped in blue fabric cavort nearby. The woman's shoulders are covered with a green shawl, and blue and red streamers seem to lift her heavenward.
Object number1999.35.3
On View
Not on view
1880
Joseph Steward
