Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by C. Pye, 1825, after M. Venusti after Michelangelo.

  • Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.
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1825
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10459i
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Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by C. Pye, 1825, after M. Venusti after Michelangelo. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as : Il silenzio
Also known as : Silentium

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1825

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1 print

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Designed by Michael Angelo & painted by Venusti. Drawn & engraved by Cha.s Pye from the original picture in the possession of Jonathan Dawson Esq.

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[State before engraving of dedication to King George III and imprint of Hurst Robinson & Co.].

Reference

Wellcome Collection 10459i

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After an untraced painting. Not after the versions of this composition in the National Gallery, London; Ickworth, National Trust; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (attributed to Lavinia Fontana). In the present version, among other differences Joseph rests his head on his fist, instead of covering his mouth with his hand, and John holds a cross with a banderolle

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