Virgin and Child in the Clouds

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606 - 1669)

Date1641

MediumEtching and drypoint

DimensionsOverall: 6 5/8 x 4 3/16 in. (16.8 x 10.6 cm) Framed: 17 7/8 x 14 1/8 x 1 in. (45.4 x 35.9 x 2.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Karen and Robert Hoehn

CultureDutch

MarkingsCollector's stamps on verso: Left, in blue "PROTECTOR MEUS CH" with three stars; Center, in black, "O B"; Right, in faded black, "20??"

Catalogue raisonnéBartsch 61

Object numberPC2004.01.02

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionThe Virgin Mary seated and robed in voluminous drapery, holding infant Jesus, on top of rolling clouds. Light emanates from the pair. Below Mary's (proper) left knee, a face appears to have been sketched into the clouds.

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