{"product_id":"first-steps","title":"First Steps","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: \u003c\/strong\u003eFranz Ludwig Catel (German, 1778–1856)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Dimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e18 3\/4\" x 14 3\/4\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Artwork: \u003c\/strong\u003e(ca. 1820–25) \"\u003cspan\u003eThe theme of a child’s first steps was a popular subject of genre paintings in the uncertain years following the French Revolution, owing largely to its reassuring message of continuity. Catel, who studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, would also have been familiar with the related allegory of the Ages of Man, the subject of a major Salon painting by François Gérard (1808; Musée Condé, Chantilly). The present work shares the Italian setting of Gérard’s but updates its antique dress by depicting a contemporary peasant family.\" - (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/438629\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York - First Steps\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Franz Ludwig Catel","offers":[{"title":"No Size Selected (Select a Size)","offer_id":49887448662259,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Replica Size (18 3\/4\" x 14 3\/4\")","offer_id":49887448695027,"sku":null,"price":608.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signature Size (20 1\/8\" x 15 7\/8\")","offer_id":49887448727795,"sku":null,"price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Classic Size (24 3\/4\" x 19 1\/2\")","offer_id":49887448760563,"sku":null,"price":895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gallery Size (30 1\/4\" x 23 7\/8\")","offer_id":49887448793331,"sku":null,"price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Statement Size (39\" x 30 3\/4\")","offer_id":49887448826099,"sku":null,"price":1995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Grand Size (46 7\/8\" x 37\")","offer_id":49887448858867,"sku":null,"price":2795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Estate Size (55 1\/4\" x 43 5\/8\")","offer_id":49887448891635,"sku":null,"price":3695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Size (66 1\/4\" x 52 1\/4\")","offer_id":49887448924403,"sku":null,"price":4995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/5738\/6483\/files\/FirstSteps.jpg?v=1784439517","url":"https:\/\/commissionedpaintings.com\/products\/first-steps","provider":"Commissioned Paintings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}