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| Maker(s): | Rembrandt, Harmensz van Rijn | | Culture: | Dutch (1606-1669)
| | Title: | Mother and Child (also listed as Virgin and Child in the Clouds)
| | Date Made: | 1641
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | etching
| | Place Made: | Europe; Netherlands
| | Measurements: | Mat: 19 1/4 in x 14 1/4 in; 48.9 cm x 36.2 cm; Sheet/Image: 6 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 15.9 cm x 10.8 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | INSCRIPTION: verso, lwr. r. (ink): [three dimensional box with a "B" on top face]; INSCRIPTION: ctr. ctr. (pencil): 0161; INSCRIPTION: lwr. (pencil): K.Beutabin [ill.] / C. 13637 / f.668 / c.9613
| | Accession Number: | MH 1985.7
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Erdman Harris
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description: A vertical portrait of a kneeling mother holding swaddled child, together set in clouds and rays of light.
Tags: mother and child; Christianity Subjects: Mother and child; Christianity; Etching Link to share this object record: https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+1985.7 |
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