The Virgin and Child

c. 1490

Andrea Mantegna

Associated Names
Andrea Mantegna

Artist, Paduan, c. 1431 - 1506

The image shows a woman and a baby from the waist up. The woman is seated and gently holding the baby against her chest. Her facial expression is serene with closed eyes. She is wearing robes and her hair is covered. The baby appears relaxed in her arms, with curly hair and a round face. The background is a simple textured area.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 24.1 x 20.5 cm (9 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5772

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.10, no. 1, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 33, repro.

1945

  • Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 18.

1949

  • Ten Centuries of Christian Art, Milwaukee Art Institute, WI, 1949, no catalogue.

1957

  • The Printmaker: 1450-1950, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, 1957.

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 6, repro.

1966

  • Italian and Northern Renaissance Prints, Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1966, no cat.

1971

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 46, repro.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 181.

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 48, repro.

1995

  • Imitation and Invention: Old Master Prints and Their Sources, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.77.

1990

  • Russell 1990, cat.no.48.

Watermarks

Small Circle. Cf Br. 2925-7 (Nantes 1484 – Troyes 1552)

Wikidata ID

Q65018739

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