Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Elisabetta Sirani, after Giovanni Andrea Sirani, 1648 - 1665

Title(s)

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-37.389

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 5
• Bartsch 5

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Links geeft Maria de borst aan het Christuskind. Rechts zit Jozef met een boek. Op de achtergrond een landschap.

Artist

• print maker: Elisabetta Sirani
• after own design by: Elisabetta Sirani (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Giovanni Andrea Sirani (mentioned on object)

Place

Italy

Dating

1648 - 1665

Material

• paper
• ink
• deck paint

Technique

etching / intaglio printmaking technique / pen / brush

Measurements

height 168 mm × width 179 mm

What

• rest on the flight into Egypt
• Christ-child suckling, or beginning to suckle, e.g. Mary uncovering her breast ~ Madonna-representations

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• The illustrated Bartsch, dl. 42, p. 119, cat.nr. 5
• Le peintre graveur, dl. 19, p. 154, cat.nr. 5