Ciro Ferri
Italian, 1634–1689
The Madonna and Child in Glory Appearing to a Kneeling Young Man
INV-1859
Ciro Ferri
Italian, 1634–16891655/59
The Madonna and Child in Glory Appearing to a Kneeling Young Man
Ciro Ferri Italian, 1634–1689 →prints and drawingwash
Date
1655/59
Medium
Black chalk and brush and brown wash, incised with graphite, heightened with white gouache, on ivory laid paper, prepared with brown wash (recto), incised for transfer; graphite or black chalk on ivory laid paper (verso)
Dimensions
13.8 × 10.3 cm (5 7/16 × 4 1/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
This precious, small, finished and signed composition was one of some 100 images Roman Baroque artist Ciro Ferri made to be engraved. In this case, French engraver Guillaume Chasteau reproduced the composition but changed the supplicant to a prisoner offering chains to the Virgin and Child. Marks identifying previous owners of this sheet Giuseppe Vallardi and Carlo Prayer (both from Milan) appear in the lower corners of the work.
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