Maria het Christuskind voedend, Ludovico Carracci, 1592

Title(s)

Maria het Christuskind voedend

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-35.794

Catalogue reference

• DeGrazia Bohlin 2*-2(2)
• The Illustrated Bartsch 2-2(2)
• Bartsch 1

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Maria zit met het Christuskind op schoot en geeft hem de borst.

Artist

• print maker: Ludovico Carracci (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Ludovico Carracci (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Pietro Stefanoni (mentioned on object)

Place

Italy

Dating

1592

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 150 mm × width 116 mm

What

• 'Madonna dell'Umiltà' (usually Mary suckling the Christ-child while sitting on the ground)
• Madonna: i.e. Mary with the Christ-child
• Christ-child suckling, or beginning to suckle, e.g. Mary uncovering her breast ~ Madonna-representations

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Prints and related drawings by the Carracci family : a catalogue raisonné, p. 483, cat.nr. 2*
• The illustrated Bartsch, dl. 39 commentary 2, p. 121, cat.nr. 2
• The illustrated Bartsch, dl. 39, p. 42, cat.nr. 1
• Le peintre graveur, dl. 18, p. 24, cat.nr. 1