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The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Print
1584 (published), 1586 (issued), 1587 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Vos, Marten De (Maarten; Maerten) (artist)
Sadeler, Jan (I) (engraver)
Place of origin
Antwerp (published)
Rome (issued)
Antwerp (issued)

'The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne'. A so-called 'picture-motet' engraving print, after a painting by Marten de Vos.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Musical Instruments
Printed Pages & Sheets
Object type
Print
TitleThe Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
Materials and techniques
Engraving print
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
'The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne'. A so-called 'picture-motet' engraving print. Engraved by Jan Sadeler (I), after a painting by Marten de Vos. Published in Antwerp in 1584, re-issued in Rome in 1586 and again in Antwerp in 1587.
Physical description
'The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne'. A so-called 'picture-motet' engraving print, after a painting by Marten de Vos.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 25.2cm
  • Cut to width: 19.7cm
Dimensions taken from: Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, c.1991.
Production
Published in Antwerp in 1584, re-issued in Rome in 1586 and again in Antwerp in 1587.
Subjects depicted
Music
Halos
Women
Saints
Angels
Sheet Music
Music
Book
Flowers
Grapes
Anne (Saint)
Jesus Christ
Virgin Mary
Bibliographic references
  • Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, c.1991.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5413-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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