Virgin and Child with Two Angels

c.1766

Andrea Scacciati after Correggio

Associated Names
Andrea Scacciati

Artist, Italian, 1725 - 1771

Correggio

Artist After, Parmese, 1489/1494 - 1534

The drawing shows a woman seated, holding an infant in her lap, with two cherubic figures standing beside her. The woman's head is slightly bowed, her eyes cast downward, and her hair styled with a halo above her head. She is draped in flowing robes, seated on a stone structure. The infant is nestled against her chest, and the cherubic figures stand beside her, one touching the drapery. The background includes a large vertical column and draped fabric, suggesting an indoor setting. The artwork is monochromatic, rendered in shades of sepia.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, sulfur tint, and roulette printed in red on on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 61.5 × 44.5 cm (24 3/16 × 17 1/2 in.)
    plate: 50 × 38 cm (19 11/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.17.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc 1854 - 1888, no. 8 (series)

  • Series Title

    Disegni originali d'Eccellenti Pittori esistenti nella R. Galleria di Firenze (Original Drawings by Excellent Painters in the Royal Gallery of Florence)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Bloomsbury, London, 15 November 2012, lot 762); (Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 8 (series)

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Coreggio inv et del; lower right in plate: Scacciati inc:; by later hand, upper left, in graphite: 3 [circled]

Watermarks

DISEGNO; DELLA GALLERIA DI SMI; encircled horn; AF / C

Wikidata ID

Q76561569

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