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Madonna Nursing the Christ Child, c. 1670–72. pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over red and black chalk, with traces of white; framing lines in pen and brown ink.
pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over red and black chalk, with traces of white; framing lines in pen and brown ink · Sheet: 21.4 x 15.4 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- Madonna Nursing the Christ Child
- Artist
- Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617–1682)
- Date
- c. 1670–72
- Medium
- pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over red and black chalk, with traces of white; framing lines in pen and brown ink
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 21.4 x 15.4 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.); Secondary Support: 24.1 x 18.5 cm (9 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.