Madonna and Child with John the Baptist

1590s

Orazio Farinati after Paolo Farinati

Associated Names
Orazio Farinati

Artist, Veronese, 1559 - after 1616

Paolo Farinati

Artist After, Veronese, 1524 - 1606

The image shows a seated woman with two cherubic children. The woman is seated under a tree, draped in garments with her hair styled back. She holds one child on her lap while the other stands beside her. The woman has a serene expression. The background displays mountains, a body of water with boats, and a town near the water's edge. Ruins and pillars are visible in the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.5 x 27.7 cm (6 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 16.8 x 28 cm (6 5/8 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.19.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hill-Stone, New York; purchased 1994 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

lower left in plate: .P.F; by later hand, lower left in ink: Paul Farinatti; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Br. 7932, 1594 TIB 32/16, p. 272, 4 196

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q75124869

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