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Saint Joseph and the Infant Jesus

mid 18th century

Giuseppe Bottani

Associated Names

Giuseppe Bottani

Artist, Italian, 1717 - 1784

The image shows an elderly man seated with a baby in his arms. The man's head is tilted upward, and he has thick, wavy hair and a full beard. He is draped in a cloth that exposes his chest, with hands placed over his heart. The baby is wrapped in a cloth and lies across the man's lap. The background has a textured pattern. The man is surrounded by a radiant halo effect. There are no visible objects held. At the bottom of the image, there is a caption in Latin.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching with engraving on laid paper
Credit Line

Gift of James A. Bergquist, in honor of Andrew Cliffe Robison
Dimensions

plate: 11.11 × 9.53 cm (4 3/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
sheet: 29.53 × 22.38 cm (11 5/8 × 8 13/16 in.)
Accession Number

2015.4.2
Catalogue Raisonné

De Vesme 1906, no. 3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton, MA); gift to NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.

Bibliography

1906

Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906: no. 3

Inscriptions

Lower center in plate: SANCTE IOSEPH ORE PRO NOBIS. / Dessiné et Gravé par Joseph Bottani.

Watermarks

partial, fleur-de-lys encircled

Wikidata ID

Q77008370

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