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The Virgin and Child seated on a pedestal at center, to the right a monk offers a flower, and in the foreground a saint kneels before them while Saint Lawrence rests his hands on a gridiron; from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France, Cabinet Crozat' after a drawing by Pietro Antonio de' Pietri

Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus French
Nicolas Le Sueur French
After Pietro Antonio de' Pietri Italian

ca. 1729

Not on view

Etching by Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, Comte de Caylus, woodcut by Nicolas Le Sueur.

The Virgin and Child seated on a pedestal at center, to the right a monk offers a flower, and in the foreground a saint kneels before them while Saint Lawrence rests his hands on a gridiron; from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France, Cabinet Crozat' after a drawing by Pietro Antonio de' Pietri, Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus (French, Paris 1692–1765 Paris), Aquatint imitating a chiaroscuro woodcut printed in green over etching — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: The Virgin and Child seated on a pedestal at center, to the right a monk offers a flower, and in the foreground a saint kneels before them while Saint Lawrence rests his hands on a gridiron; from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France, Cabinet Crozat' after a drawing by Pietro Antonio de' Pietri

Artist: Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus (French, Paris 1692–1765 Paris)

Artist: Nicolas Le Sueur (French, 1691–1764)

Artist: After Pietro Antonio de' Pietri (Italian, Cremia 1663–1716 Rome)

Date: ca. 1729

Medium: Aquatint imitating a chiaroscuro woodcut printed in green over etching

Dimensions: Sheet: 21 in. × 15 5/16 in. (53.4 × 38.9 cm)
Plate: 16 9/16 × 9 9/16 in. (42 × 24.3 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1960

Object Number: 60.708(136)

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