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St. Dorothea offers the Christ Child a basket of flowers, print, album page, St. Dorothea kneels and offers Mary and the Christ Child a basket of flowers. In the background, buildings in a rolling landscape. This print is part of an album., printmaker: Peter van Liesebetten, Antwerp, after painting by Titian, Italy, publisher: David Teniers (II), Brussels, grantor of privilege: Spanish crown, 1660, paper, etching, height 157 mm x width 198 mm, David Teniers probably produced an oil study on canvas or panel (so-called pasticcio) of all the paintings in the collection of Leopold William of Austria, which served as a model for the printmakers. It is not always clear whether the pasticci were made by him or by his workshop. Not all pasticci have survived., landscapes in the temperate zone, Madonna: Mary sitting on the ground, the Christ-child in her lap, the virgin martyr Dorothea of Caesarea, possible attributes: basket of roses and apples, child with basket of roses, garland of roses, roses in hand or lap (Mary), A detailed black and white engraving showing two women and a naked infant seated outdoors; one woman holds the infant on her lap with a draped cloth and wears a head covering and flowing garments, her expression calm and eyes lowered, while the other woman leans forward offering a shallow basket of food and wears a cap and layered dress; the infant looks toward the offering with chubby limbs and curly hair; behind them a pastoral landscape appears with rolling ground, trees, and a distant building, and foliage frames the upper right of the scene.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B27_446

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40.4Mb (12.7Mb) / 14.0in x 11.2in / 4211 x 3357 (300dpi)

Keywords

St Dorothea offers Christ Child basket flowers print album page Dorothea kneels offers Mary background buildings rolling landscape part album printmaker Peter van Liesebetten Antwerp painting Titian Italy publisher David Teniers Ii Brussels grantor privilege Spanish crown 1660 paper etching height 157 mm x width 198 mm produced oil study canvas panel -called pasticcio paintings collection Leopold William Austria served model printmakers clear whether pasticci workshop survived landscapes temperate zone Madonna Mary sitting ground Christ-child lap virgin martyr Dorothea Caesarea possible attributes roses apples child garland hand Mary detailed black white engraving showing two women naked infant seated outdoors woman holds infant draped cloth wears head covering flowing garments expression calm eyes lowered woman leans forward offering shallow basket food cap layered dress infant looks offering chubby limbs curly hair them pastoral landscape rolling ground trees distant building foliage frames upper right scene