Three saints interceding for victims of the plague, print, Three saints kneel before Mary and the Christ Child. In the foreground, victims of the plague. In the background, a landscape with buildings, possibly the city of Lucca., inscription: '... 191', printmaker: Pietro Testa, Italy, c. 1630 - c. 1631, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 276 mm x width 195 mm, saints, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, Madonna: ie Mary with the Christ-child, plague, Tuscany, Lucca, A monochrome etched scene shows robed figures arranged on rocky ground with drapery and reclining forms; a seated adult holds an infant close while cherubic winged children hover and rest among billowing clouds beside a columned structure, one cherub standing on the right and another leaning over the clouds; a shepherd's crook stands upright near the central group; in the foreground a naked child lies face down on the ground near scattered cloth and a small ves...
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Three saints interceding for victims of the plague, print, Three saints kneel before Mary and the Christ Child. In the foreground, victims of the plague. In the background, a landscape with buildings, possibly the city of Lucca., inscription: '... 191', printmaker: Pietro Testa, Italy, c. 1630 - c. 1631, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 276 mm x width 195 mm, saints, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, Madonna: ie Mary with the Christ-child, plague, Tuscany, Lucca, A monochrome etched scene shows robed figures arranged on rocky ground with drapery and reclining forms; a seated adult holds an infant close while cherubic winged children hover and rest among billowing clouds beside a columned structure, one cherub standing on the right and another leaning over the clouds; a shepherd's crook stands upright near the central group; in the foreground a naked child lies face down on the ground near scattered cloth and a small vessel while an older partially clothed figure sits clutching a smaller child with a prone adult lying nearby; distant landscape with low buildings appears on the left under a sky filled with large outlined clouds.

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Three saints interceding victims plague print Three saints kneel Mary Christ Child foreground background landscape buildings city Lucca inscription .. 191 printmaker Pietro Testa Italy c 1630 - c 1631 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 276 mm x width 195 mm saints city-view man- constructions Madonna ie Christ-child Tuscany monochrome etched scene robed figures arranged rocky ground drapery reclining forms seated adult holds infant close cherubic winged children hover rest billowing clouds beside columned structure cherub standing right another leaning clouds shepherd's crook stands upright near central group naked child lies face down ground near scattered cloth small vessel older partially clothed figure sits clutching smaller child prone adult lying nearby distant landscape low buildings left under sky filled large outlined clouds

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