The Virgin and Child with Distaff and an Angel
Jacques Bellange
c. 1615
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 25.8 × 18.8 cm (10 3/16 × 7 7/16 in.); Sheet: 27 × 22.7 cm (10 11/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Classification
prints and drawing
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
259638
About the Artist
Jacques Bellange · 1570–1616
Jacques Bellange (c. 1575–1616) was a French artist and printmaker active in the independent Duchy of Lorraine, now part of France. Believed to have been born in the Bassigny region south of Nancy, his early life and training remain sparsely documented, with no records of specific teachers or mentors. He first appears in historical records in 1595 at La Mothe, where he took on an apprentice, sugge...