Artist: Antonio Correggio (Italian, 1489-1534), painter, after.
Engraver: Nicolas Bazin (French, 1633-1710), burin engraver and publisher. Specialist in religious and portrait subjects.
Title: [Virgin and child with an angel].
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Beata Maria Virgo...Christi mater. Antonius Corregiensis pinxit. AParis chez Jean, rue St Jean-de-Beauvais No. 10. N. Bazin sculpsit. Owner's inscription"appartenir à Henri de Roux(?)" in ink verso.
Dimensions: Platemark 17" x 14 3/4". Sheet 21 1/2" x 17 1/2".
Printer: Pierre Jean (French, 1784-1820 (fl.), print publisher in Paris, associated with the address rue de Saint-Jean-de-Beauvais no.10 pre-1789 and again by December 1811.
Date: 1648-1710. (plate). Printed early XIX C.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Wear. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonné: Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle. Tome premier, Alix-Boudeau. Bibliothèque nationale (France) Bazin [No] 8. P. 311-312. En 1802, le cuivre était exploité par Basan.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1837,0408.215.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVI C. French School XVIII C.
Notes:
- The Nursing Madonna, Virgo Lactans, or Madonna Lactans, is an iconography of the Madonna and Child in which the Virgin Mary is shown breastfeeding the infant Jesus. In Italian it is called the Madonna del Latte ("Madonna of milk").
- Correggio's Madonna del Latte, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
- We have not found another impression at auction in the past 30 years.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.