Mary teaches the Christ-child to read, print, The Christ-child sitting with a book on his lap. Mary stands behind him and points at the book together with him. Joseph sits on the right. Two lines of Latin text in the bottom margin., printmaker: Giovanni Battista del Sole, Italy, after print by François Perrier, after 1629 - in or before c. 1719, François Perrier, after print by, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 186 mm x width 212 mm, A monochrome etched scene shows a seated woman leaning toward a small child on her lap while pointing at an open book, a bearded man on the right leaning in to look, and another standing figure partially visible behind him; the woman wears draped garments and has hair pulled back, the child is unclothed on the upper body and looks down at the book, the bearded man has a heavy cloak and rough hair, and the other figure wears a cloak with a high collar. The setting includes a raised stone platform with a carved ...
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Mary teaches the Christ-child to read, print, The Christ-child sitting with a book on his lap. Mary stands behind him and points at the book together with him. Joseph sits on the right. Two lines of Latin text in the bottom margin., printmaker: Giovanni Battista del Sole, Italy, after print by François Perrier, after 1629 - in or before c. 1719, François Perrier, after print by, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 186 mm x width 212 mm, A monochrome etched scene shows a seated woman leaning toward a small child on her lap while pointing at an open book, a bearded man on the right leaning in to look, and another standing figure partially visible behind him; the woman wears draped garments and has hair pulled back, the child is unclothed on the upper body and looks down at the book, the bearded man has a heavy cloak and rough hair, and the other figure wears a cloak with a high collar. The setting includes a raised stone platform with a carved edge, a vase with flowers placed near a column, leafy trees and shrubs in the background, and a patterned texture shading much of the composition.

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Mary teaches Christ-child read print Christ-child sitting book lap Mary stands points book together Joseph sits right Two lines Latin text bottom margin printmaker Giovanni Battista del Sole Italy François Perrier 1629 - c 1719 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 186 mm x width 212 mm monochrome etched scene seated woman leaning small child pointing open book bearded man right leaning look another standing figure partially visible woman wears draped garments hair pulled back child unclothed upper body looks down heavy cloak rough hair figure wears cloak high collar setting includes raised stone platform carved edge vase flowers placed near column leafy trees shrubs background patterned texture shading composition

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