Madonna auf Wolken von Engeln getragen zwischen zwei Heiligen

Title

Madonna auf Wolken von Engeln getragen zwischen zwei Heiligen

Draughtsman

• Luca Cambiaso ?

Period Produced

• 16th century
• 17th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing

Geographic Reference

• Genoese

Production Reason

• composition study
• design for a room arrangement?

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• John the Baptist (prophet)

Primary

• 11F5 Madonna (i.e. Mary with the Christ-child) in the air, or on the clouds
• 73C1 story of John the Baptist (Matthew 3; Mark 1:4-11; Luke 3:1-22; John 1:19-34)
• 11H(LUKE) Luke the evangelist; possible attributes: book, (winged) ox, portrait of the Virgin, surgical instruments, painter's utensils, scroll
• 11GG191 angel(s) represented as child(ren) - GG - lower angel(s) without wings

Alternative Attribution

• Giuseppe Badaracco ? draughtsman; by note on mount