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Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist
St Cecilia

Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist St Cecilia

Medium
sanguine pen and ink with a brown and pink wash heighted with white
Measurements
24.9 × 18.3 cm (sheet)
Inscription
inscribed on inlaid border: 18th cent Italian (in H. Horne's hand)
inscribed: (...illeg.) pu chi vergine maria vergine// fu chi suoi vergine maria dal saper guare // no si sapere cosa maria dalla quale io mi che // d ella quale mi posa della quale sia la caggiune de // aria // pere //
Accession Number
1886-4
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1948
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian character) Cecilia, Saint (Christian character) inscriptions Jesus Christ (Christian character) John the Baptist, Saint (Abrahamic religion iconography) Maestà (Christian theme) saints