Simone Cantarini
Italian, 1612-1648
Sketches of the Virgin and Child, and the Holy Family
INV-8100
Simone Cantarini
Italian, 1612-16481642/48
Sketches of the Virgin and Child, and the Holy Family
Simone Cantarini Italian, 1612-1648 →pen and ink drawingsdrawings (visual works)
Date
1642/48
Medium
Pen and brown ink on buff laid paper, laid down on cream board
Dimensions
27.2 × 20.2 cm (10 3/4 × 8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
A pupil of Guido Reni and a gifted draftsman,Cantarini has used a sensitive line to capture eight variations on the Madonna and Child with magic and spontaneity. This drawing once belonged to the French collector Pierre Jean Mariette, whose stamp appears at the lower left in black.
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