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Virgin Nursing the Christ Child

A work made of brush and brown and gray wash over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, pricked for transfer, squared in graphite.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of brush and brown and gray wash over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, pricked for transfer, squared in graphite.

Date:

n.d.

Artist:

Unknown Artist
Italian, early 16th century

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Title

Virgin Nursing the Christ Child

Place

Central 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.

1500–1529

Medium

Brush and brown and gray wash over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, pricked for transfer, squared in graphite

Dimensions

Max: 34.9 × 19.8 cm (13 3/4 × 7 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.671

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