Moretto da Brescia

Madonna and Child with Saint Roch

Maker

Attributed to Moretto da Brescia (Italian, 1498-1554)

Title

Madonna and Child with Saint Roch

Year

mid 1500s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

chalk

Supports

Dimensions

23.2 x 19 cm (9 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in pen and ink, in 18th century (?) hand: "Alessandro Moretto da Brescia"

Blind stamped with collector's mark of Count Moriz von Fries (Vienna, 1777-1826; Lugt 2903)

Verso: stamped with collector's mark of Willem Isaack Hooft (Amsterdam, 1782-1863; Lugt 2631)

Marks: Collector's mark in LL:(Maltese cross incircled)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.465

Type

Exhibition History

Design and Description
Renaissance and Baroque Drawings
Jan 27, 2006 – Apr 09, 2006

Label copy

Red chalk was a medium often employed to sketch from life. Its use here suggests that this figural grouping was a preliminary sketch to be transferred not to a final work, but to a larger sheet of paper for additional modeling and completion of the setting.

Italian Art in Celebration of Rhode Island’s Italian Festival; Seven Centuries of Italian Art
CRIA Benefit Exhibition
Apr 12, 1967 – May 21, 1967
Italian Drawings from the Museum's Collection
Mar 17, 1961 – Apr 16, 1961

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Attributed to Moretto da Brescia (Italian, 1498-1554)
Madonna and Child with Saint Roch, mid 1500s
Red chalk on antique laid paper, squared for transfer in red chalk
23.2 x 19 cm (9 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.465

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