The Virgin and Child with Saints (Pesaro Madonna)
Date
1682Period
17 centuryCollection
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
The Virgin sits on a platform under columns with the Christ Child on her lap. At her feet stands Peter with an opened book. St Francis of Assisi and St Anthony of Padua stand to the left beside the Christ Child. Jacopo and Benedetto Pesaro are kneeling in adoration in the foreground. On a cloud, two putti raise a cross…
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The Virgin sits on a platform under columns with the Christ Child on her lap. At her feet stands Peter with an opened book. St Francis of Assisi and St Anthony of Padua stand to the left beside the Christ Child. Jacopo and Benedetto Pesaro are kneeling in adoration in the foreground. On a cloud, two putti raise a cross. The print is part of a 53-part series of prints after paintings by Titian and Veronese.
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