Possibly the Virgin and Child
date: label: Date
content: 1820–1860
name: label: Artist
content: Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The Virgin is seated in the background, facing left in profile. Her right hand rests on a shield bearing a serpent over a crescent moon, on which are inscribed three stylized lower-case F's. Another inscription around border of shield. With her left hand, she gently pushes the nude Child, who carries a torch. A group of figures above, enclosed in the half-circle of the moon. Surrounded by rays of light.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-7390
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, pen and ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 26.8 × 19.2 cm (10 9/16 × 7 9/16 in.)