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Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John

1500–1520

Cristofano Robetta

(Italian, 1462–1534)
Culture
Italy, 16th century
Medium
engraving
Measurements
Platemark: 25.1 x 18 cm (9 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.); Sheet: 25.1 x 19.1 cm (9 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1924.514
Catalogue raisonné
Hind I.203.19 ; Bartsch XIII.400.13
Public Domain
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Not on view
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Trained as a goldsmith, Robetta’s engraving style consists of extremely fine lines combined with crosshatching and dots.

Description

Active in the early 1500s, the Florentine engraver Cristofano Robetta relied on paintings, frescoes, and works on paper by both Italian and northern European artists, borrowing motifs, figures, and settings with varying degrees of faithfulness. Paintings and drawings by the Florentine artist, Filippino Lippi, were a primary source of inspiration. In this engraving, the central figures of the Virgin, Child, and Saint John derive from Filippino’s Holy Family tondo, though the printmaker replaced the Saints Margaret and Joseph with angels.
A vertically oriented black ink engraving depicts a seated woman with light skin, downcast eyes, and a circular halo. She holds a nude infant who reaches toward another child standing on a rock. Two winged figures with halos stand to the left, and a third winged figure stands behind the child on the right. Fine hatching defines the figures, their draped clothing, and wispy clouds in the sky above.

Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John

1500–1520

Cristofano Robetta

(Italian, 1462–1534)
Italy, 16th century

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