Virgin and Infant Jesus Asleep
Object Details
- original artist
- Conca, Sebastiano
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- engraver
- Michel, Jean Baptiste
- Description
- Stipple engraving after painting by Sebastiano Conca once in the Cabinet at Houghton. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. Print tipped onto sheet bound in George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1. Impressions of this print were mistakenly included in both volumes of Marsh's set. The more typical location of the print was in vol. 2 according to the order given in the checklist of the contents of the Houghton Gallery in Rubenstein (1991). For the other impression, removed from vol. 2, see 1978.0534.03.33.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Marsh Collection
- 1781
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.02.77
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.02.77
- Object Name
- engraving
- Object Type
- Engraving
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- sheet: 22.75 cm x 18.25 cm; 8 31/32 in x 7 3/16 in
- plate: 19.5 cm x 22.75 cm; 7 11/16 in x 8 31/32 in
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Communications
- Marsh Collection
- Religion
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Virgin and Child
- Record ID
- nmah_1694039
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b1-d4a8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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