The Madonna Spinning

c. 1612-1616

Jacques Bellange

Associated Names
Jacques Bellange

Artist, French, c. 1575 - 1616

The image shows a woman seated with a child standing beside her and another child wrapped in cloth lying on a surface. The woman is holding a distaff in her right hand and gesturing with her left hand towards the child. She has classical facial features and styled hair, and is wearing a flowing dress. The setting is indoors with draped curtains, a window showing the sky, and a basket of circular objects on the floor. The image features a dense cross-hatching style.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1954.12.215

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, no. 3, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1957

  • Christmas Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1958-1959, no cat.

1959

  • Syracuse University, 1959, no cat.

1961

  • Christmas Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1961-1962, no cat.

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 66, repro.

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1965.

1972

  • A Selection of Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, ME, 1972, no cat.

1985

  • Figure Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986, no cat.

Bibliography

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe

Wikidata ID

Q65358785

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