Caption

Bas-relief de la Chapelle Sistine, Relief of Mary with Christ Child and John the Baptist, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Similigravure., Procédé Ch.-G. Petit et Cie., (Brevet 1890.)', inscription: 'L'illustration que nous donnons, le spéciment ci-dessus.', cliché maker: Petit et Cie., after sculpture by anonymous, 1890 - 1891, Petit et Cie., photographer, cliché maker, after sculpture by, paper, autotypie, height 120 mm x width 83 mm, Print on unnumbered page, piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, Madonna: Mary with the Christ-child, Vatican City, Sistine Chapel (Vatican), Apostolic Palace, A rectangular print centered on a pale page shows a carved bas-relief of a seated woman wearing a head covering and draped garments, one hand resting on the shoulder of a small child seated on her lap and the other hand supporting a shallow dish held by the child; another child figure appears behind them with a rounded face and curly hair. The relief is framed by a simple border and is rendered in gray tones with visible carved textures and soft shading. Surrounding the image is a wide margin of light paper with additional lines of printed text above and below the print.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A81_163

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.5Mb (10.0Mb) / 9.8in x 16.9in / 2930 x 5075 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bas-relief de la Chapelle Sistine Relief Mary Christ Child John Baptist page photomechanical print inscription Similigravure Procédé Ch.-G Petit et Cie Brevet 1890 L'illustration que nous donnons le spéciment ci-dessus cliché maker sculpture anonymous 1890 - 1891 photographer paper autotypie height 120 mm x width 83 mm Print unnumbered page piece reproduction Madonna Christ-child Vatican City Sistine Chapel Vatican Apostolic Palace rectangular print centered pale page carved bas-relief seated woman wearing head covering draped garments hand resting shoulder small child seated lap hand supporting shallow dish held child another child figure them rounded face curly hair relief framed simple border rendered gray tones visible carved textures soft shading Surrounding image wide margin light paper additional lines printed text print