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Print

c.1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An engraving for a cartouche design depicting a scene inside a religious building. In the centre of the image is an oversized childlike figure, possibly a young Jesus Christ, whose hands are being touched by a man with a walking stick and another figure. On the floor besides the childlike figure is an open chest filled with coins.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Print, one of seven designs for ornamental cartouches, containing incidents from the lives of the saints and scenes of piety, engraving, Netherlands, c. 1600
Physical description
An engraving for a cartouche design depicting a scene inside a religious building. In the centre of the image is an oversized childlike figure, possibly a young Jesus Christ, whose hands are being touched by a man with a walking stick and another figure. On the floor besides the childlike figure is an open chest filled with coins.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.125in
  • Width: 1.8125in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Accession number
E.373-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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