The Virgin and Child in a Niche, Protected by Members of the Trinity
Drawing
c.1630-5 (drawn)
c.1630-5 (drawn)
| Artist/Maker |
In the centre at the top, God the Father, with a globe in his left hand, is seated on a throne of clouds; below, the Dove (i.e. Holy Ghost), crowned with a garland by two cherubs; at the bottom, the Virgin, with the Child in her arms, standing in a niche with a pediment supported by pilasters, flanked on each side by an angel swinging a censer. The scene is surrounded by numerous cherubs, some of whom are bearing festoons.
Object details
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| Title | The Virgin and Child in a Niche, Protected by Members of the Trinity (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and brush with brown and black ink, with watercolour and bodycolour, over black chalk |
| Brief description | Drawing 'The Virgin and Child in a Niche, Protected by Members of the Trinity', by Jacob Jordaens, Flemish School, Pen and brush with brown and black ink, with watercolour and bodycolour, over black chalk, c.1630-5 |
| Physical description | In the centre at the top, God the Father, with a globe in his left hand, is seated on a throne of clouds; below, the Dove (i.e. Holy Ghost), crowned with a garland by two cherubs; at the bottom, the Virgin, with the Child in her arms, standing in a niche with a pediment supported by pilasters, flanked on each side by an angel swinging a censer. The scene is surrounded by numerous cherubs, some of whom are bearing festoons. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Miss Emily Dalton (1816/17–1900), Leicester, by whom bequeathed to the museum (NAL dry stamp on recto and Dalton Bequest purple ink stamp on verso; neither in Lugt), 1900. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol. II, Cat. 490, illus. p. 417 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.1038-1900 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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