Madonna and Child with Saints John and Luke

Cousin, Jean, the younger (ca. 1522-ca. 1594)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

mid to late-16th century

Height:

36.2 cm  (14 1/4 in.)

Width:

31.2 cm  (12 5/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

pen and black ink with brown wash over red chalk

Description

Music-making putti in tree: two violins and three wind instruments.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
Jesus Christ
St. John the Apostle
St. Luke (died 84 CE)

Iconclass

11F4322
Mary sitting on the ground, the Christ-child sitting in Mary's lap or on her knee (Christ-child to Mary's left)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown flute [3940]
Violin [3573]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3917