Maria met het Christuskind aan de borst
Louis Félix Butavand
1851 - 1852
Medium
steel engraving
Dimensions
247; 300
About this artwork
staalgravure op chine collé
Art Historical Context
Welcome to our virtual gallery, where we encounter *Maria met het Christuskind de borst* (Mary with the Christ Child at Her), a tender steel engraving by French artist Louis Félix Butavand, created 1851 and 1852. Measuring 300 × 247 mm, this captures the timeless Christian iconography of the Madonna Lactans nursing Virgin Mary—a motif tracing back to early medieval art and symbolizing maternal love, divine nourishment, and humanity's bond with the sacred. Butavand, a skilled reproductive engraver of the 19th century, renders the intimate maternal moment with exquisite detail, evoking the devot...