Virgin and Child with God the Father and Angels
date: label: Date
content: 1647–50
name: label: Designer
content: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609–1664
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In a setting of classical ruins, four angels adore the Child Jesus, behind whom the Madonna kneels. At the right in the sky is God the Father, and at the left in the sky two flying cherubs hold over their heads a ribbon which is inscribed "GLOR[IA] IN E[X]CEL[SUS]."
place: label: made in
content: Genoa, 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: 1938-88-8573
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 24.2 × 42.2 cm (9 1/2 × 16 5/8 in.)