Title:
Madonna and child in the clouds
Maker:
Barocci, Federico; printmaker; Italian artist, 1526-1612
Category:
Name:
print
Date:
circa 1581
School/Style:
Italian
Technique(s):
etching
engraving
Material:
laid paper; medium
Dimension(s):
height, plate, 155, mm
width, plate, 106, mm
height, sheet, 158, mm
width, sheet, 109, mm
Acquisition:
given; 2003; The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Provenance:
J Huber Wien (Lugt 1267c), D. G. de Arozena. Collection sold in April/ May 1861 (lugt 109); Boerner
Notes(s):
This is the only print in Barocci’s small but important printed oeuvre of four etchings that is not already in the Fitzwilliam’s collection. The Museum owns an incised drawing by Barocci (PD.7-1948), which is closely related to the composition of this print. It was a popular image with far-reaching influence. Annibale and Agostino Carracci each engraved copies of Barocci’s print soon after it appeared (Agostino’s is dated 1582). Rembrandt owned an album of prints including examples by Barocci, presumably including this one: he was clearly under its influence when he made his own print of the same subject in 1641.
Inscription(s):
signature; lower left; printed; F.B.V.F.
collector's mark; verso; handwritten in ink; J Huber Wien 1864; Collector's mark of J Huber Wien (Lugt 1267c)
collector's mark; verso; stamped; Collector's mark of D. G. de Arozena. Collection sold in April/ May 1861 (lugt 109)
Alternative
Number(s):
Bartsch; 2
Illustrated Bartsch; 2 (3)
Lugt; 1267c
Lugt; 109
Related Object:
PD.70-1948; Virgin and Child with St Francis
Accession:
Object Number: P.3-2003
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 118656; input: 2005-05-16; modified: 2018-01-10)
Permanent
Identifier:
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