The Virgin and Child
Jean de Gourmont I
1401 to 1500
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 9.5 × 11.9 cm (3 3/4 × 4 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1954.12.67
About the Artist
Jean de Gourmont I
Jean de Gourmont I (ca. 1483–ca. 1551) was a pioneering French engraver, draughtsman, painter, and likely goldsmith, recognized as the most distinguished member of the prolific Gourmont family of artists. Born in Carquebut in Normandy's Manche region, he emerged from a lineage of painters, engravers, printers, and book producers, collaborating closely with his brothers Robert and Gilles de Gourmon...