The Virgin and Child with a Bird

Simone Cantarini

Associated Names
Simone Cantarini

Artist, Pesarese, 1612 - 1648

The image shows a seated woman with an infant in her arms. The woman cradles the child closely, leaning in towards them. She has soft facial features, a serene expression, and hair tied back under a cloth. She wears long, flowing robes and sits beside a curtain between pillars. A bird flies in the sky above her. There is a light hatching effect creating a halo-like shape around her head. The composition emphasizes the connection between the woman and child.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 21.9 × 14.8 cm (8 5/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.37.22

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 18, State counterproof

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir Edward Astley 4th Baron [1729-1802], Norfolk (Lugt 2775)

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

recto: none; verso: at lower left, in graphite: B-25,736

Markings

recto: Sir Edward Astley (Lugt 2775)

Wikidata ID

Q65512091

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