The Virgin seated holding a pillow on her lap with the young Christ standing at right
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 6 5/16 × 4 9/16 in. (16.1 × 11.6 cm) Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 11/16 in. (16.5 × 11.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Accession Number
1986.1180.382
Tags
Virgin MaryChrist
About the Artist
Annibale Carracci|Guido Reni|Francesco Brizio · 1560–1609
Annibale was considered one of the greatest Italian painters of his age. His style is marked by naturalism combined with the formal language of Classicism in a grand and monumental style. Annibale was also instrumental in evolving the ideal, classical landscape and is generally credited with the invention of caricature. Italian painter. Comment on works: Mythology.