Madonna met slapend Christuskind, Jacques de Gheyn (II), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1590

Title(s)

Madonna met slapend Christuskind

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-2008-54

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 60

Inscriptions / marks

• date

Description

De zittende Madonna kust het slapende, ingebakerde kind op haar schoot. De achtergrond is een ronde nis.

Artist

• print maker: Jacques de Gheyn (II) (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Hendrick Goltzius (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Joos de Bosscher

Dating

1590

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 104 mm × width 93 mm

What

• Madonna: Mary sitting on the ground, the Christ-child in her lap
• baby in swaddling clothes

Credit line

• Gift of Christopher Mendez

Acquisition

gift 2008

Copyright

Public domain