Sitting Madonna with child, ca. 1525

Title

Sitting Madonna with child

Draughtsman

• Michelangelo Anselmi ?

Verso

Mystische Vermählung der Heiligen Katharina

Production Place

• Parma

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• coal?
• chalk?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing
• charcoal drawing?
• chalk drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Parmesan

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study
• study after a painting
• study after an altar

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet auf dem Montierungsbogen unten (mit der Feder in Braun): Cor; unten rechts: from vol 2nd | n. 46
Verso auf dem Montierungsbogen unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Einfacher Ast mit elf Stümpfen [zu zentralem Bindedraht schrägstehend]

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

Primary

• 11F4321 Mary sitting on the ground, the Christ-child standing or stepping in Mary's lap or on her knee (Christ-child to Mary's left)

Historic Attribution

• Bartolomeo Schedoni draughtsman
• Italian draughtsman
• Correggio draughtsman