The Virgin Warms Jesus' Hands in the Fire
Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 39 × 35.8 cm (15 3/8 × 14 1/8 in.); Sheet: 39.5 × 36.2 cm (15 9/16 × 14 5/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
151447
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre · 1713–1789
Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (1714–1789) was born into a prosperous Parisian family of goldsmiths and jewelers; his father, Jean Pierre, became an alderman in 1743, securing noble status for the family. Pierre began his artistic training as a pupil of Nicolas Bertin, followed by study under Charles-Joseph Natoire at the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, where he befriended engraver Charle...