The Virgin Teaching the Child to Read, from the series 'De la galerie de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans', ca. 1786 - 1808

etching, burin engraving, paper
417 x 299 mm
Inv. 2015-DT

Antoine Romanet

Paris 1742 - Saint-Maurice 1807
engravers (printmakers)

Antoine Borel

Paris 1743 - 1810
after

Bartolomeo Schidoni

Formigine 1578 - Parma (?) 1615
after

print room religious symbolism figures (representations) New Testament Christ 18th century 19th century

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The Holy Family, with the Christ Child in the centre sitting on the Virgin's lap, reading a book held out to him by her and St Joseph, standing on the left.

Artist	Antoine Romanet RKD Paris 1742 - Saint-Maurice 1807 engravers (printmakers)AAT
	Antoine Borel RKD Paris 1743 - 1810 after
	Bartolomeo Schidoni RKD Formigine 1578 - Parma (?) 1615 after
Title	The Virgin Teaching the Child to Read, from the series 'De la galerie de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans'
Date	ca. 1786 - 1808
Period	18th century 19th century
Medium and support	etching AAT burin engraving AAT
Collection	print room
Object type	etching AAT burin engraving AAT reproductive prints AAT
Inventory number	2015-DT
Acquisition credit	unknown
Current whereabouts	Work currently not on display
Permalink	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-DT
IIIF Manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8843/manifest.json

Art & Architecture Thesaurus	300055874 religious symbolism AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass	11D Christ Iconclass 11D21 Christ-child (with attributes) Iconclass 11F the Virgin Mary Iconclass 11F4 Madonna: i.e. Mary with the Christ-child Iconclass 11H saints Iconclass 11H(JOSEPH) the foster-father of Christ, Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary; possible attributes: flowering rod or wand, lily, carpenter's tools Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 31D111 infant, baby ~ the ages of man Iconclass 31D1111 male infant Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 42A3 mother and baby or young child Iconclass 42A30 motherhood Iconclass 42B12 mother-love Iconclass 42B742 mother and child(ren), woman and child(ren) (family group) Iconclass 42G family, relationship, descent Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 49N reading Iconclass 49N1 reading to somebody Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73A4 Mary and Joseph Iconclass 73B732 Mary teaches the Christ-child to read Iconclass 73B81 Holy Family (alone), 'Trinitas terrestris' Iconclass
School / Style	Baroque AAT

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