Madonna and Child

1591/93

Andrea Andreani after Francesco Vanni

Associated Names
Andrea Andreani

Artist, Italian, 1558/1559 - 1629

Francesco Vanni

Artist After, Sienese, 1563 - 1610

The woodcut image depicts a woman looking down at a sleeping baby. The woman has closed eyes, gently styled hair, and is dressed in flowing robes. The baby has a halo around its head and is lying in the woman's lap. The background shows abstract forms and rays of light.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut from 2 blocks in black and gray-brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut to borderline): 26 x 20.6 cm (10 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.18.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 11

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(David Tunick, New York); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

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

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: BXII - 111- 11

Wikidata ID

Q75426866

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