The Crowned Virgin in a Niche

1543

Geoffroy Dumoûtier

Associated Names
Geoffroy Dumoûtier

Artist, French, active c. 1535 - 1573

The image shows the upper three-quarters of a person holding a small child in their left arm. The person wears a crown with a sprouting detail, and their hair is styled with curls or braids. They wear draped robes and hold a staff adorned with a floral pattern in their right hand. In the background, there is a textured pattern and some architectural elements. Text is visible at the bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper mounted on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 21.8 × 10.9 cm (8 9/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
    mount: 23.1 × 12.5 cm (9 1/8 × 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.36.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Zerner 1969, no. 12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jules Renouvier (1804-1860), Montpellier (Lugt 1525); Jean Cantacuzène [1863-1934], Bucharest (Lugt 4030)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1969

  • Zerner, Henri. Ecole de Fontainebleau, gravures.Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1969. English ed. The School of Fontainebleau, etchings and engravings. London: Thames and Hudson, 1969.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at lower right: Lettered in plate lower right: 1543 / IEHAN 1.2; in plate, below image: [a]ulcun a peche nous avons ung advocat auprez du pere Ihs Cri[st] / [ju]ste et cestuy est La reconciliation pour noz pechez; along bottom edge in brown ink in later hand: Geoffoy Dumontier fecit.; verso: at upper right, in brown ink, in later hand: indecipherable; at center, in graphite, in later hand: 87 [in box] / Geoffroy / J. Dumonstier / M. Bl. 14 / R-D. 12 / "226 x 126" / this is 217 x 107; in graphite, at lower right, in later hand: B-25, 760 / DFO [?]

Markings

recto: on mount: Jules Renouvier (Lugt 1525); verso: on mount: Jean Cantacuzène (Lugt 4030)

Wikidata ID

Q65508537

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