Christ and other religious subjects
Images of Christ and Other Religious Subjects / Other religious compositions
JOHANN PLEIKARD BITTHEUSER (1774-1859)
The Sleep of the Infant Jesus
c.1794-1849Engraving | 21.2 x 10.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850590
A small engraving of the sleeping Christ Child leaning on a cushion, partly clothed, surrounded by three bust-length angels; after a painting formerly ascribed to Raphael. Lettered with the title and production details. According to Ruland (1876), the painting (which he attributed to Guido Reni) was then in the Palazzo Brignoli, Genoa.
Creator(s)
Johann Pleikard Bittheuser (1774-1859) (engraver)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Johann Pleikard Bittheuser (1774-1859) (printer)
Guido Reni (Bologna 1575-Bologna 1642) (artist)
21.2 x 10.5 cm (sheet of paper)
8.3 x 7.0 cm (image)
Le Sommeil de Jésus.
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- People
- Children
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Other number(s)
Ruland p.49 B.II.2
