Maria met Christuskind en heiligen, Valentin Lefèbvre, after Titiaan, 1682

Title(s)

Maria met Christuskind en heiligen
Opera Selectiora (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-H-H-1180

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 1-53
• Villot 12

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 11
• collector's mark: Lugt 11

Description

Maria zit met het Christuskind op een wolkendek. In de lucht hierboven is de Heilige Geest in de gedaante van een duif verschenen, links en rechts engelen met lauwerkransen. Op de grond onder de wolken staan de heiligen Sebastiaan, Franciscus van Assisi, Antonius van Padua, Petrus, Nicolaas en Catharina. De prent maakt deel uit van een 53-delige serie prenten naar schilderijen van Titiaan en Veronese.

Artist

• print maker: Valentin Lefèbvre (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: Valentin Lefèbvre (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Titiaan (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Jacobus van Campen (mentioned on object)

Place

Venice

Dating

1682

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 484 mm × width 293 mm

What

• Madonna: i.e. Mary with the Christ-child
• the martyr Sebastian; possible attributes: arrow(s), bow, tree-trunk
• founder of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans), Francis(cus) of Assisi; possible attributes: book, crucifix, lily, skull, stigmata
• the Franciscan monk Antony of Padua; possible attributes: ass, book, crucifix, flowered cross, flaming heart, infant Christ (on book), lily
• the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome; possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara
• the bishop Nicholas of Myra (or Bari); possible attributes: anchor, boat, three golden balls (on a book), three purses, three children in a tub, three maidens
• the virgin martyr Catherine of Alexandria; possible attributes: book, crown, emperor Maxentius, palm-branch, ring, sword, wheel

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

• Valentin Lefèvre : dipinti, disegni, incisioni, Ugo Ruggeri, p. 214, cat.nr. I. 12
• Le cabinet de l'amateur et de l'antiquaire : revue des tableaux, et des estampes anciennes, des objets d'art, d'antiquité et de curiosité, dl. 3, p. 182-183, cat.nr. 12
• L'Admiral - Lucas van Leyden, p. 46, cat.nr. 1-53