Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine, John the Evangelist, and Francis

Title

Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine, John the Evangelist, and Francis

Draughtsman

• Ludovico Carracci

Period Produced

• 16th century
• 17th century

School

• early Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk?
• coal?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• Bolognese

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study
• design for an altarpiece?

Captions Added Later

Unten mittig Stempel einer nicht identifizierten Sammlung (Lugt 3885); Stempel der Sammlung Pierre-Jean Mariette, Paris (Lugt 2097); verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Bohn 2004.535.R.21

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

CC BY-SA 4.0 Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• John the Evangelist
• Francis of Assisi (saint)

Primary

• 11F6 Madonna (i.e. Mary with the Christ-child) accompanied or surrounded by others

Alternative Attribution

• Pietro Faccini draughtsman; by note on mount
• Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) ? draughtsman; by note on mount