Virgin and Child
c. 1662
Medium
watercolor heightened with gum on vellum, with gold
Dimensions
diam. 12.1 cm
Classification
Portrait Miniature
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the Painting and Drawing Society of The Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession Number
2008.148
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
Larger in size than most portrait miniatures, the Madonna and Child by Anna Maria Carew is a cabinet miniature, or a small work on vellum, enamel, or ivory that copies a full-scale oil painting. In this case the original painting was by Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck, and engraved by Paulus Pontius around 1630 shortly after it was painted. As a cabinet miniature, this work is somewhat unusual because of its religious subject and its simplicity. Cabinet miniatures tended instead to reproduce pai...