Madonna and Child with a Bishop

1591

Andrea Andreani after Alessandro Casolani

Associated Names
Andrea Andreani

Artist, Italian, 1558/1559 - 1629

Alessandro Casolani

Artist After, Sienese, 1552 - 1606

The image depicts two figures in the upper body, with a woman holding a child as the primary focus. The woman's head is slightly bowed as she looks at the child she cradles. The woman has delicate facial features and her hair is covered by a draped cloth. The child appears naked and has soft hair. The woman wears flowing robes with intricate folds. Beside her stands a figure wearing a large mitre and holding a crozier, likely a bishop. The background is plain, with radiating lines around the woman's head.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks: dark brown line block and two tone blocks in shades of brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to and within border): 27.9 x 21.3 cm (11 x 8 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1988.20.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, Vol. 12, p.63, no. 22, State trimmed without the lettering

Artwork history & notes

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: 49/00; by later hand, lower right verso in red chalk: 97; by later hand on mount, lower right in red ink: Vergini 22-; by later hand on mount, cC //in graphite: La Sainte Vierge accompaned'un S. Eveque / after Alexandre C asolano by Andr e Andreani / B. XII, 63 No 22 / coll. Cicoynara Vevvi 1852

Wikidata ID

Q74877817

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