A baby is being taken care of by a nun in a convent. Etching by Alberto Maso Gilli after himself.

  • Gilli, Alberto Maso, 1840-1894.
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(1871)
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27608i
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A baby is being taken care of by a nun in a convent. Etching by Alberto Maso Gilli after himself. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Presumably a foundling. A nanny goat stands nearby, presumably as a source of milk

Publication/Creation

Paris (56 Bard. Haussmann) : Vve.A. Cadart, (1871)

Physical description

1 print : etching ; image 27.6 x 22.6 cm

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Lettering

Providence. Alberto Maso Gilli, pinx et sculp.

References note

Not found in: Jean Adhémar and Jacques Lethève, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome IX, Paris 1955, p. 137, where the artist is mentioned but his works are not listed, presumably as Italian and not French ("Gilli (Albert Mario [sic]). Peintre graveur italien, expose à Paris depuis 1870; il y vit et y édite une partie de son oeuvre de graveur de reproduction.")

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Wellcome Collection 27608i

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