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Madonna and child in the clouds Barocci, Federico (printmaker)

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Title/s	Madonna and child in the clouds
Maker/s	Barocci, Federico (printmaker) Italian artist, 1526-1612
Category	print
Name	print
School/Style	Italian
Technique/s	etching engraving
Material/s	laid paper (medium)
Dimensions	plate height: 155 mm plate width: 106 mm sheet height: 158 mm sheet width: 109 mm
Date	circa 1581
Provenance	given: The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 2003 (Prints given by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum) J Huber Wien (Lugt 1267c), D. G. de Arozena. Collection sold in April/ May 1861 (lugt 109)
Collector's mark	Lugt 1267c Lugt, F. (1921) Les Marques de Collections et Dessins D'Estampes ... , Amsterdam
Collector's mark	Lugt 109 Lugt, F. (1921) Les Marques de Collections et Dessins D'Estampes ... , Amsterdam
Inscriptions/Marks	Position: lower left Type: signature Method: printed Content: F.B.V.F. Description: Position: verso Type: collector's mark Method: handwritten in ink Content: J Huber Wien 1864 Description: Collector's mark of J Huber Wien (Lugt 1267c) Position: verso Type: collector's mark Method: stamped Description: Collector's mark of D. G. de Arozena. Collection sold in April/ May 1861 (lugt 109)
Other Notes	This is the only print in Barocci’s small but important printed oeuvre of four etchings that is not already in the Fitzwilliam’s collection. The Museum owns an incised drawing by Barocci (PD.7-1948), which is closely related to the composition of this print. It was a popular image with far-reaching influence. Annibale and Agostino Carracci each engraved copies of Barocci’s print soon after it appeared (Agostino’s is dated 1582). Rembrandt owned an album of prints including examples by Barocci, presumably including this one: he was clearly under its influence when he made his own print of the same subject in 1641.
Standard print ref/s	Bartsch 2 Bartsch, A. (1803-1821) Le peintre graveur , Vienna : J. V. Degen Illustrated Bartsch 2 (3) Strauss, Walter L. (1978-1983) The illustrated Bartsch , New York : Abaris Books
Accession Number	P.3-2003 (Paintings, Drawings and Prints) (Reference Number: 118656; Input Date: 2005-05-16 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)
Related Object	PD.7-1948 - Two stallions, each led by a Turk

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Madonna and child in the clouds

Barocci, Federico (printmaker)