Maria met Kind en Johannes de Doper
Giuseppe Nicola Nasini
1667 - 1736
Medium
etching
Dimensions
131; 174
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 174 mm x breedte 131 mm
Art Historical Context
Giuseppe Nicola Nasini an Italian Baroque artist from Siena (active ca. 1670–1734), created *Maria met Kind en Johannes Doper*—Dutch for "Mary with Child and John the Baptist"—as a delicate etching during his prolific career spanning the 17th and early18th centuries. This print depicts a tender holy family scene, a staple of Christian iconography symbolizing the bond between the infant Christ and his cousin, John the Baptist, often evoking themes of divine innocence and future redemption. Nasini's Sienese Baroque style likely infuses the composition with graceful figures and soft lighting, ref...