1800-1899
GUSN-12528
A black adn white print of the Madonna and Child with John the Baptist. Wood frame, painted black with raised quatrefoil motif with flower and leaf design. Inner edge gilded. Enclosed under glass. Circular reserve contains a seated Madonna holding the Child in her lap, John stands behind and to the right. The Madonna wears a striped shawl and a head scarf. In front of her is an urn.
prints (visual works)
gesso
gilding
glass (material)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
flowers (plants)
floral patterns
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
quatrefoils
religions (concept)
Gesso
Glass
Unidentified Paper
Quatrefoil
Flower
Leaf
Madonna
Christ
Religion
Painted
Gilded
PICTURE, RELIGIOUS
At the bottom is signed: gem von Ralph Lanxio gest von H. Peterson.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Christ
Madonna
John the Baptist
Lanxio, Ralph (Maker)
Germany
26.188 x 23.625 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1659
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