M2572: Saint Ann and the Virgin and Child

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M2572

People

Christoffel van Sichem II, Dutch (1577 - 1658)

Title

Saint Ann and the Virgin and Child

Other Titles

Former Title: Old Woman and Young Woman with Child
Series/Book Title: Bibels Tresoor ofte de zielen Lusthof

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1648

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/261121

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Wodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

sheet: 11.2 x 9 cm (4 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: CVS
• inscription: printed from the block in black ink on a tabley at the upper center: CVS[monogram / [representation of a woodcutter's knife]
• design: verso, woodcut illustration printed in black ink and partial text: [Virgin and Child in a Landscape]
• inscription: verso, printed from the block at the lower left corner in black ink: CVS [monogram]
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering to right: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 2572

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Reverend Max Kellner, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1924

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Hollstein 48

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Reverend Max Kellner

Accession Year

1924

Object Number

M2572

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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