Madonna of the Rosary (after Caravaggio)
Lucas Vorsterman the elder (Zaltbommel 1595 - Antwerp 1675)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
paper
Measurements
540 x 410 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286377
Summary
Engraving, Madonna of the Rosary (after Caravaggio) by Lucas Vorsterman the elder (Zaltbommel 1595 - Antwerp 1675). An engraving of the Virgin and Child with a priest holding rosarys and other people kneeling around them. Inscription across the base; 'Illustrisimo reverendissimoq dno d'Antonio Triest gandavi episcopo in everghem comiti cath. maies a consilis er DDL'. Cut to edges and mounted on paper. The original is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Marks and inscriptions
Illustrisimo reverendissimoq dno d'Antonio Triest gandavi episcopo in everghem comiti cath. maies a consilis er DDL. (across the base)
Makers and roles
Lucas Vorsterman the elder (Zaltbommel 1595 - Antwerp 1675), engraver (printmaker) after Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Caravaggio 1571 - Port'Ercole 1610), artist