Saint Joseph with the Christ Child

c. 1720

Paul Troger

Associated Names
Paul Troger

Artist, Austrian, 1698 - 1762

This image shows an elderly man seated or crouching while leaning over a baby. The man has a white beard and is slightly balding. He is focused on the child, and is draped in fabric. The baby is mostly unclothed and is being held in the man's arms. In the background, there is textured foliage and possibly an animal with horns in the upper left corner. The etching features detailed line work and crosshatching throughout.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.2 × 12.1 cm (6 × 4 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 15.8 × 12.8 cm (6 1/4 × 5 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.135.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagler, no. 6, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Emanuel von Baeyer, London); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1835

  • Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischman, no. 6 i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: PTF; by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: Paul Troger; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 98/096 / Paul Troger

Wikidata ID

Q76561471

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