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The Virgin and Child with Distaff and an Angel, c. 1615. Etching in black on ivory laid paper.

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Etching in black on ivory laid paper · Plate: 25.8 × 18.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title
The Virgin and Child with Distaff and an Angel
Artist
Jacques Bellange French, c. 1575–1616
Date
c. 1615
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 25.8 × 18.8 cm (10 3/16 × 7 7/16 in.); Sheet: 27 × 22.7 cm (10 11/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Credit line
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Art Institute of Chicago

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.

The Virgin and Child with Distaff and an Angel · Jacques Bellange, c. 1615
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