Art Institute of Chicago
Sketches of the Virgin and Child, and the Holy Family
Simone Cantarini
- Date
- 1642/48
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink on buff laid paper, laid down on cream board
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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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