Thronende Madonna mit Johannes dem Täufer und Johannes dem Evangelisten

Deutsche Grafik 1563–1750, 1589

The image shows five individuals arranged in a symmetrical composition. In the center, a seated woman holds a child. Two other seated figures are on either side of them, each holding a symbolic object. The central figures have styled hair and appear with halos. Two kneeling angels with wings are in the foreground, facing the central subjects and holding scrolls. Draped curtains in the background frame the scene.
Künstler
Deutsche Grafik 1563–1750
Datierung
1589
Gattung
Zeichnung
Technik
pen and brown ink with brown wash over traces of graphite, heightened with white gouache, incised throughout and verso reddened for transfer, on laid paper
Maße
22,8 × 33,8 cm
Sammlung
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Lizenz
Gemeinfrei, CC0

Bildbeschreibung

The image shows five individuals arranged in a symmetrical composition. In the center, a seated woman holds a child. Two other seated figures are on either side of them, each holding a symbolic object. The central figures have styled hair and appear with halos. Two kneeling angels with wings are in the foreground, facing the central subjects and holding scrolls. Draped curtains in the background frame the scene.

Deutsche Grafik 1563–1750