Wilton album, folio 8b: The Holy Family with Saints; the Infant John the Baptist, lower right, presenting an offering to the Christ Child in the presence of Mary Magdalene and a bishop saint
For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428)
An early state of the print, before the addition of shading to the Virgin's skirt; this impression was retouched in pen and ink, most visibly on the Virgin's toes, the hem of her skirt and in Saint John's legs; for later states of the print see The Metropolitan Museum Mariette Album (folios 31 and 32)
An early state of the print, before the addition of shading to the Virgin's skirt; this impression was retouched in pen and ink, most visibly on the Virgin's toes, the hem of her skirt and in Saint John's legs; for later states of the print see The Metropolitan Museum Mariette Album (folios 31 and 32)
Artwork Details
- Title: Wilton album, folio 8b: The Holy Family with Saints; the Infant John the Baptist, lower right, presenting an offering to the Christ Child in the presence of Mary Magdalene and a bishop saint
- Artist: Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) (Italian, Zadar (Zara) ca. 1510?–1563 Venice)
- Date: 1550–55
- Medium: Etching and drypoint
- Dimensions: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 8 7/16 in. (33.4 × 21.4 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
- Object Number: 27.78.1(23)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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