Sketches, The Virgin and Child

Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash sketches on paper show several studies of a mother holding a child. At left, a seated woman bends over an infant in loose outlines, while upper right a figure cradles a child within a circular frame, and lower right a dense brown wash group crowds together.

Artist

Fortunato Duranti

Date

1820–1850

Medium

Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2897 × 2099 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum