Woman with Dead Child
{{Short description|1903 etching by Käthe Kollwitz}}
Woman With Dead Child is a 1903 etching by Käthe Kollwitz. Its subject was influenced by her experiences in an underserved sector of Berlin as a physician's wife where disease and infant mortality rate were high.{{Cite web |date=October 18, 2023 |title=Käthe Kollwitz. Woman with Dead Child (Frau mit totem Kind). 1903 |url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/273959 |access-date=October 18, 2023 |website=www.moma.org}} The image is often considered as Käthe Kollwitz's most famous depiction of war.{{Cite web |last=Skye Sherwin |first=Skye Sherwin |date=September 13, 2017 |title=Käthe Kollwitz: Portrait of the Artist review – a brooding tableau of trauma |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/13/kathe-kollwitz-portrait-of-the-artist-review-ikon-gallery-birmingham |access-date=October 18, 2023 |website=The Guardian}}
{{Infobox artwork
| title = Woman with Dead Child (Frau mit totem Kind)
| image = File:Kollwitz.jpg
| caption =
| artist = Käthe Kollwitz
| year = {{start date|1903}}
| medium = etching
| movement = Expressionism
| height_metric = 54.5
| width_metric = 70.3
}}
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The picture depicts a mother holding her child between the thighs. Her mouth is fixed on its chest in an effort to suck her child back inside her.{{Cite web |last=Sherwin |first=Skye |date=September 13, 2017 |title=Käthe Kollwitz: Portrait of the Artist review – a brooding tableau of trauma |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/13/kathe-kollwitz-portrait-of-the-artist-review-ikon-gallery-birmingham |access-date=October 18, 2023 |website=The Guardian}}
The artist used herself and her seven-year-old son Peter as models for this composition.{{Cite web |title=Woman with dead Child, 1903 |url=https://www.kollwitz.de/en/woman-with-dead-child-kn-81 |access-date=October 18, 2023 |website=Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln}}
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