The Virgin Seated on an Altar

Prints and Drawings

1520/40

Jean de Gourmont
French, 1506-1551

Here the Virgin and Child—sitting atop a classical altar turned into a Christian throne—preside over an audience of awed shepherds. A luxuriously patterned cloth of honor with tassels softens the rigid architecture, spilling forward down the steps to the rapt audience.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Jean de Gourmont
Title: The Virgin Seated on an Altar
Place: France (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.: Made 1520–1540
Medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 8.1 × 7.9 cm (3 1/4 × 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
Reference Number: 1956.1059
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Leutrat JG4 only

Bartsch 5

Robert-Dumesnil 6

Le Blanc 5

Courboin 1657

Fonds Français 6

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