Virgin and Child with Donor attributed to Boltraffio (formerly attributed to Leonardo da Vinci), Monastery of Sant'Onofrio, Rome (after Cesari Mariannecci)
Ludwig Grüner (Dresden 1801 - Dresden 1882)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1853
Materials
paper
Measurements
340 x 520 mm; 520 mm (Height); 740 mm (Width)
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286666
Summary
Chromolithograph, Virgin and Child with Donor attributed to Boltraffio (formerly attributed to Leonardo da Vinci), Monastery of Sant'Onofrio, Rome (after Cesari Mariannecci) by Ludwig Grüner (Dresden 1801 - Dresden 1882). Storch and Kramer under Professor L. Gruner for the Arundel Society 1859. From the fresco by Leonardo da Vinci in the Monastery of S. Onofrio at Rome. Drawn by signor Mariannecci. The Virgin and Child with a donor are shown with an arched architectural framework. The naked Child is on the lap of the Virgin who wears blue with a green drape. The donor kneels hat in hand. The background is tesselated gold.
Makers and roles
Ludwig Grüner (Dresden 1801 - Dresden 1882), engraver (printmaker) after Cesari Mariannecci (fl.1865-1873), artist attributed to Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1467 – 1516), artist after Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452 - Amboise 1519), artist Storch and Kramer, printer