Wilton album, folio 39b: The Virgin Nursing the Christ Child

Publisher Pietro Stefanoni Italian
1592
Not on view
On folio 39 with two other prints: 27.78.1(145 and 147)
For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428)
One of only four prints executed by Ludovico. The composition may be related to a drawing attributed to Ludovico at Chatsworth (inv. no. 408; 147 x 114 mm). A first state before the address of the publisher in the British Museum (1949,0114.1)

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Object Information
  • Title: Wilton album, folio 39b: The Virgin Nursing the Christ Child
  • Artist: Ludovico Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1555–1619 Bologna)
  • Publisher: Pietro Stefanoni (Italian, Valstagna ca. 1557– ca. 1642 Rome)
  • Date: 1592
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 4 5/8 in. (15.6 × 11.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
  • Object Number: 27.78.1(146)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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