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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

Public Domain

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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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