The Hermit and the Virgin

A pen and bistre ink drawing shows a Virgin holding a child on a cloud-like rock within a luminous circle, above a rugged landscape. Robed figures lie and kneel among rocks and foliage at the lower edge, with dense hatching across the dark upper sky.

Artist

Fortunato Duranti

Date

1820–1850

Medium

Bistre pen and ink on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1497 × 2240 px

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