Madonna Seated Holding the Christ Child, 1723

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series Title

"Raccolta di varie stampe a chiaroscuro" (Part I)

Medium

chiaroscuro woodcut, three woodblocks in light blue, red, and maroon on laid paper with gilt edges mounted on laid paper with wash borders

Dimensions

image/block: 17.4 × 10.3 cm (6 7/8 × 4 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Bartsch, no. 18

Accession Number

1952.8.503

Artists / Makers

Anton Maria Zanetti I (artist) Italian, 1680 - 1757

Parmigianino (artist after) Parmese, 1503 - 1540

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Inscription

Monogram in upper right "P.", "AMZ" with the date "1723" in the lower left; on mount, at lower center, in black ink, in later hand: 19; on mount, at lower right, in graphite, in later hand: B.18; verso: none

Marks and Labels

none

Provenance

Ambroise Firmin Didot (1790-1876) [bookplate]. (Pierre Berès Inc., New York); Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia, PA, purchased 1952; gift to NGA, 1952.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1957: The Life of Christ in Prints, 14 venue touring exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts (J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, MI; Time, Inc., New York, NY; Washington County Museum, Hagerstown, MD; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO; Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA; Wells College, Aurora, NY; Mississippi Art Association, Jackson, MS; Calgary Allied Arts Centre, Alberta, Canada; Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada; Sackville Art Association, New Brunswick, Canada; and Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada), 1957-1960, no cat.

Bibliography

1802: Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.