About the Artwork
Virgin Suckling the Child
between 1560 and 1632
Annibale Carracci (Artist) Italian, 1560-1609 Raphael Sadeler I (Artist) Netherlandish, 1560-1632 Raphael Sadeler I (Publisher) Netherlandish, 1560-1632
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 5 3/8 × 3 3/4 inches (13.7 × 9.5 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S1060
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate below image: ECCE TV PVLCHER ES DILECTE MI, ET | DECORVS, LECTVLVS NOSTER FLORIDVS EST. | Cant. 1. Inscribed, bottom center of plate: Anibal, Carraz. inuent Raphael Sadeler Sculpsit. et excudit.
Stamp, verso: Scripps 1885 [added in ink to the stamp] (Lugt Suppl. 2357a)]
Provenance
June 1885, N. C. Perkins. 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
For more information on provenance and its important function in the museum, please visit:
Provenance pageExhibition History
Please note: This section is empty
The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.
We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Suggest FeedbackPublished References
Please note: This section is empty
We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Suggest FeedbackCatalogue Raisoneé
Please note: This section is empty
Credit Line for Reproduction
Raphael Sadeler I; after Annibale Carracci, Virgin Suckling the Child, between 1560 and 1632, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1060.
Feedback
We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction or improvement.
Suggest Feedback