Black-and-white engraving of a veiled woman cradling a sleeping naked infant on a cloth, with a shaded landscape behind them and a Latin inscription below.

Mary and the Sleeping Child

A woman in a veil and draped mantle leans over and cradles a sleeping, naked infant who rests across her lap on a rumpled cloth. Behind them a soft, shaded landscape recedes under a dark sky, and the black-and-white engraving carries a Latin inscription beneath the image on cream paper.

Artist: Raffaello Morghen
Date: 1814
Medium: Engraving with etching, roulette and stipple on cream laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1315 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1814).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections

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