Two pilgrims adoring the Virgin. Engraving by L. Vorsterman after M. Merisi, il Caravaggio.

  • Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610.
Date:
[between 1600 and 1699]
Reference:
29918i
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The Virgin of Loreto, a painting (1604–1606) by M. Merisi, il Caravaggio, in the Cavalletti family chapel in the church of Sant'Agostino, Rome. The Santa Casa at Loreto in Italy became a site of pilgrimage on the ground that it was the house of the Holy Family in Nazareth which was transported by angels to Italy

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[Antwerp?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1600 and 1699]

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1 print : engraving ; image 29.6 x 21 cm

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Virgo Dei genitrix lessa generosa propago Te monstra nobis addicto pectore matrem. ; Mich.anguolo Caravaggio pinxit. ; L. Vorsterman excud. cum privilegiis.

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Wellcome Collection 29918i

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