Etching of Mary seated on a ledge holding the nude infant Christ, who reaches toward a bird flying above; a halo behind her head and a drape at right.

Mary with the Christ Child and a Bird

An etching of the Virgin Mary seated on a stone ledge, holding the nude infant Christ, who reaches toward a small bird flying at upper left. A halo glows behind her head, and a drape hangs at right beside a dark column. Fine hatched lines model the figures and folds.

Artist: Simone Cantarini
Date: 1622-1648
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 2550 × 3744 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1648.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

17th century baroque religious art etching printmaking halo birds virgin and child madonna simone cantarini christ child mary