The Madonna of Loreto
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 11 5/16 x 8 1/2 in. (28.8 x 21.6 cm) trimmed
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.97.464
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, where *The Madonna of Loreto*1575) captivates with its Renaissance elegance. This engraving, created by the masterful Italian printmaker Giorgio Ghisi after a composition by the High Renaissance genius Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio Urbino), depicts the revered Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, accompanied by male figures—likely pilgrims or—evoking devotion to the famous Loreto shrine in Italy, home to the miraculous Holy House of Nazareth. Raphael's original design exemplifies the High Renaissance ideal of harmonious ...
About the Artist
Giorgio Ghisi|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · 1520–1582
Giorgio Ghisi (c. 1520–1582) was one of the most accomplished engravers of the Italian Renaissance, renowned for translating the monumental compositions of Raphael, Giulio Romano, and Michelangelo into the exacting medium of the burin. Born in Mantua, he trained in an environment shaped by the legacy of Giulio Romano's decoration of the Palazzo del Te, and the grandeur of that Mannerist tradition ...