What is this painting???

Anise · April 28, 2011, 5:54am

Okay, this is driving me nuts… can anybody help me identify this very well-known painting? I want to say it’s late 19th century… I can actually picture it… a mother and child are sitting on the grass, and the mother’s holding an apple. The style is kind of realistic romanticism. It’s located in the Portland (OR) art museum. I can even picture the exact location and where it’s hanging on the wall!! Help!!! Don’t tell me that I actually have to go back to the museum to figure this out.

Eyebrows_0f_Doom · April 28, 2011, 6:59am

I thought perhaps this one, but that’s at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, not in Portland.

Teacake · April 28, 2011, 10:29am

You can search their collection online, but I can’t see anything that matches what you describe.

Baal_Houtham · April 28, 2011, 12:20pm

This doesn’t fit your description, but maybe Baby Reaching For An Apple by Mary Cassatt?

Here.

garygnu · April 28, 2011, 2:08pm

Temptation by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

It’s in Minneapolis.

Anise · April 29, 2011, 2:37am

Oh dear. I was so sure it was in the Portland museum… but yes, that’s the one. The next time I go to a free Friday, I’m going to have to figure out how this confusion came to be. Anyway, yes, that’s it. Thanks everyone!