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Virgin and Child with Young St. John the Baptist

A work made of etching on ivory laid paper.

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  • A work made of etching on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1590s

Artist:

Paolo Farinati (Italian, 1524-c. 1606)
or Orazio Farinati (Italian, 1559-after 1616)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paolo Farinati

Title

Virgin and Child with Young St. John the Baptist

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

c. 1590–1600

Medium

Etching on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered lower left: ".P.F." and lower right, faintly legible: "[...]elio p"

Dimensions

Sheet (trimmed): 16.5 × 27.6 cm (6 1/2 × 10 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2024.601

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