[Montalto Madonna] [graphic]

Description

Title: [Montalto Madonna] [graphic]
Alternative Title: Eminentissimo principi Francisco Peretto S.R.E. Cardinali Montalto
Creator: Bloemaert, Cornelis, 1603-1692, printmaker
Contributor: Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609, artist.
Published / Created: [between 1630 and 1684]
Publication Place: Rome
Publisher: Cu[m] privil. S.C. Mtis. et Regis Christmi. Romae Superioru[m] licentia
Abstract: "The Virgin seated, directed to left but looking down and away to right, with the infant Christ on her lap; St Joseph at left, leaning on a table at left over a book, spectacles in his left hand; the infant Baptist at right, pulling on the Virgin's cloak; landscape with two small figures beyond to right (so-called 'Montalto Madonna'); after Annibale Carracci."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title supplied by cataloger based on title of original painting.
Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: U,1.73.
Dedication engraved below image: Eminentissimo principi Francisco Peretto S.R.E. Cardinali Montalto.
Text below dedication: Extat in aedibus hortoru[m] Quirinaliu[m] ejusdem eminmi.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 39.5 x 29 cm, on sheet 41 x 30 cm
Language: Latin

Access: Public
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