Madonna and Child in Glory Adored by Angels
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and blue wash; squared for transfer in black chalk
Dimensions
12-3/16 x 8-7/16 in. (31 x 21.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Henry Walters, 1917
Accession Number
17.236.43
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold the ethereal *Madonna and Child in Gloryored by Angels*, a drawing by Bernardino Rodriguez, known as "Bernardino Siciliano," dating to around 1600–1650. This Sicilian artist captures a quintessential Baroque vision of divine splendor, with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child enthroned amid adoring angels, evoking rapture and Counter-Reformation piety. Such devotional themes were central to 17th-century Italian art inspiring awe and faith in viewers. Crafted in pen and brown ink with brush and blue wash, the sheet measures 12-3/16 x 8-7/16 inches and bears subtle black chalk squaring—a pra...