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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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Location
010 Focus Gallery
Print
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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.

Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John

1500–1520

Cristofano Robetta

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

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