Caption
Mary with Child, print, Mary with the Christ Child on a cloud formation supported by putti. Mary is flanked by two angels holding a crown above her head. Below them a mountainous landscape with a bridge., printmaker: Master of the Dice, Italy, after design by Raphael, c. 1530 - c. 1560, paper, engraving, intaglio printmaking technique, engraving with plate tone, height 235 mm x width 204 mm, The print is damaged in several places and the composition has been supplemented with pen and brown ink., cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti', Madonna: Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in her lap (or in front of her bosom) (Mary sometimes represented half-length), city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, 'Marianum', Madonna in aureole or mandorla (surrounded by the rosary), Mary in the Glory, A seated woman draped in flowing robes holds a small child against her chest while a halo-like radiance appears behind her head; two winged figures hover on either side above her, each extending arms to hold a decorative object over her head, and several cherubic children recline and play among voluminous clouds that form a platform beneath them, with a distant landscape of hills and a fortified town visible below the floating group.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B37_260
License type
Rights managed
Available size
40.0Mb (5.5Mb) / 11.6in x 13.4in / 3491 x 4005 (300dpi)