Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
JOSEPH KAREL DE MEULEMEESTER (BRUGES 1771-ROME 1836)
The Virgin and Child ['The Madonna with the Green Cushion']
c.1791-1826Engraving with etching | 40.2 x 32.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851162
A print after the so-called 'Madonna of the Green Cushion', a painting by Andrea Solario currently housed in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.673). Lettered with title and production details.
Showing the half-length Virgin breast-feeding the Christ Child who rests on a cushion placed on a plinth; the figures are set against a landscape background.
Showing the half-length Virgin breast-feeding the Christ Child who rests on a cushion placed on a plinth; the figures are set against a landscape background.
Creator(s)
Joseph Karel de Meulemeester (Bruges 1771-Rome 1836) (engraver)
After Andrea Solario (1460-1524) (artist)
40.2 x 32.4 cm (sheet of paper)
33.3 x 26.2 cm (image)
38.6 cm (Height) (platemark)
LA VIERGE D'ANDREA SOLARI.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
