Virgin and Child in the Clouds

1641

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows a woman and a child visible from the waist up. The woman is seated and holding the child in her arms. She has a shawl over her head. The child is also wrapped in fabric or a blanket. The woman wears long, flowing garments with intricate drapery. There are no visible jewelry or objects, and the background consists of linear shading with lines emanating from behind the figures. The setting is abstract, adding to the timeless quality of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.7 x 10.6 cm (6 9/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.1 x 10.9 cm (6 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7113

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 61, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henry Danby Seymour (Lugt 176); W.M. Heavy; Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930.

  • Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1932

  • Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

1956

  • Rembrandt and His Pupils, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1956, no. 40.

1958

  • Life of Christ, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, 1958-1959, no catalogue.

1961

  • University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, South Bend, IN, 1961.

1995

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

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993: no. 188, ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65024556

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