Caption
S. Franciscus de Pavla, Mary hands over the Christ Child to H. Francis of Paola, print, album page, This print is part of an album., printmaker: Michel Lasne, France, after design by Peter Paul Rubens, publisher: Theodoor Galle, 1600 - 1633, paper, engraving, engraving pasted on album page, height 359 mm x width 222 mm, the hermit and founder of the (Franciscan) Minim Friars, Francis of Paola, possible attributes: inscription 'Charitas' on breast, discipline, skull, staff, A monochrome engraved scene showing a standing robed woman on a cloud handing a naked infant toward a kneeling bearded man in a hooded robe who reaches up with one hand while the other supports the child; two winged cherubs hover among clouds above the woman, and rays of light stream diagonally across the composition from the upper left; a rocky, gnarled tree rises behind the kneeling man, and textured clouds fill the upper background; the figures wear flowing drapery with detailed linear shading and the lower edge of the image includes a band with decorative foliage and printed inscriptions.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B45_144
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56.7Mb (11.2Mb) / 11.8in x 18.7in / 3535 x 5611 (300dpi)