Légende
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.
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26A93_277
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
49.7Mo (7.5Mo) / 29.8cm x 41.8cm / 3525 x 4933 (300dpi)