Saint Joseph and the Christ Child

1690s

Domenico Maria Viani

Associated Names
Domenico Maria Viani

Artist, Italian, 1668 - 1711

The image features the upper bodies of two figures: an elderly man and a child. The man is sitting and shown in profile, facing the child who is seated on a ledge. The child appears to be supported by the man's shoulder and is reaching towards his face. The elderly man has detailed facial features, a long beard, and wavy hair falling around his face and neck. He is wearing loose robes and holds a rod in his right hand. The child is unclothed and placed on a surface resembling a decorative architectural piece, potentially a column with a scroll pattern. The background is plain, and the entire scene is enclosed within an oval frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bert Freidus

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.9 x 18.5 cm (9 13/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
    sheet (cut inside platemark): 25.4 x 18.5 cm (10 x 7 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.140.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 1, State undesc ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Swann Galleries, New York, 9 November 2000, no. 273); (via Paul Mc Carron, New York); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

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 artist, lower left in pedestal: DOM. VIANI / I.F.; by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: 254; by later hand, center verso in graphite: 432 / B. XIX. 432. / by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Not MMA / TW10548

Watermarks

head in a circle

Wikidata ID

Q76338259

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