Plate 5: interior with several female figures spinning wool and doing embroidery work. From a series of twenty-two plates depicting the life of the Virgin.
after Nicolas Poussin (Les Andeleys, Normandy 1594 – Rome 1665)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1715 - 1756
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
325 x 229 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.4.70
Caption
Copy in Briotish Museum https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1872-0810-964
Summary
(Folio 18, recto, lower print displayed horizontally on page). From a series of twenty-two plates depicting the life of the Virgin. Plate 5: interior with several female figures spinning wool and doing embroidery work; at centre, the Virgin, seated on a chair, busy with some needle work; above her, two angels scattering flowers
Marks and inscriptions
'Nic. oussin inv.', 'F. Polanzani sculp.', and two lines of Latin inscription.
Makers and roles
after Nicolas Poussin (Les Andeleys, Normandy 1594 – Rome 1665), creator Jacques Stella (Lyon 1596 - Paris 1657), creator Francesco Polanzani (1700-1783) , creator