Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- The Virgin is seen frontally, kneeling on the ground, the suckling Child in her lap. Her left hand crosses his body. Behind her is a high altar-like structure, covered with a cloth, and an open book standing upon it. Framing line.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Artist
- Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863
- Date
- 1820–1850
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- Medium
- Brush and dark brown watercolor on light gray-brown paper
- Dimensions
- 27 × 19.5 cm (10 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
