About this artwork
A pupil of Guido Reni and a gifted draftsman,Cantarini has used a sensitive line to capture eight variations on the Madonna and Child with magic and spontaneity. This drawing once belonged to the French collector Pierre Jean Mariette, whose stamp appears at the lower left in black.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Simone Cantarini
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Title
- Sketches of the Virgin and Child, and the Holy Family
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Place
- Italy (Artist's nationality)
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Date
- 1642–1648
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Medium
- Pen and brown ink on buff laid paper, laid down on cream board
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Dimensions
- 27.2 × 20.2 cm (10 3/4 × 8 in.)
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Credit Line
- The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
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Reference Number
- 1922.66
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/81007/manifest.json
Extended information about this artwork
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