The Madonna Protecting Two Members of a Confraternity

1582

Agostino Carracci after Veronese

Associated Names
Agostino Carracci

Artist, Bolognese, 1557 - 1602

Veronese

Artist After, Venetian, 1528 - 1588

The image shows three individuals. Two men are kneeling on either side of a central, standing figure. The central figure has a halo surrounding her head and appears to be wearing a crown. She has delicate facial features and is wearing an ornate robe, with her arms outstretched over the kneeling men. The two men have short, curly hair and beards, wearing long robes and looking up towards the central figure. The background is textured, resembling clouds or an ethereal setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.6 x 22.1 cm (11 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.7 x 23 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.14.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bohlin 1979, no. 106, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jan Johnson, Montreal); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1979

  • Bohlin, Diane DeGrazia. Prints and Related Drawings by the Carracci Family. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1979.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate below image: Color che uniti in charita perfetta / Menan quà giù vivendo. i giorni èl'hore, / Fratelli in Christo, dalla sua dilatta. lower center in plate below image: Madre, raccolti son con santo amore; / Ella gli custodisce ella gli accetta / Come suoi figli, et mette in somo honore; lower right in plate below image: Ella del mondo à lor dona vittoria, / E in Ciel gli tira à là beata gloria; Horatio / Bertelli for.

Wikidata ID

Q76335188

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