Sketches of the Virgin with the Child and a Saint
date: label: Date
content: 1835
name: label: Artist
content: Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: One side. The Virgin is riding an ass. She is seen from the right side, from the back; the Child stands beside her, his left arm resting on her right leg, his head seen from the back. At left, near the head of the Virgin, is the head of an angel. Framing line. Verso: the Virgin sits, turned toward the left, at a table, the Infant standing behind her, holding a book. The sketch is above, at left. Below, at left: a saint, his hips covered with a cloth, a staff in his raised left hand, and a book in his right one. At right, the Virgin standing turned toward right. Behind her, at right, is the Child. Written in the center, at right: "2" Settembre 1835."
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: 1938-88-7391
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and brown watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 26.8 × 19.5 cm (10 9/16 × 7 11/16 in.)