Scenes of the Life of the Virgin Mary - Jesus Among the Doctors

 

Adriaen Collaert

 

1613  

woodengraving 

7 1/4 x 5 1/16" image and paper size 

name engraved in plate, lower right 

not stated 

Engraved beneath image: O Fili, O Vere Nimium Lectissime Fili, Quis Mihi Te, Quis Te Rapuit, Quisve Abstulit Error; name of artist Ioannes Stradanus (drawing), below left 

 

delicate cream laid 

published 

Ioannes Galle 

21455 

SOLD

From a sixteen image series titled "Scenes of the Life of the Virgin Mary," commonly considered a complimentary cycle with that of the Life of Christ. The number of images typically depicted by artists of the early 17th century varied greatly, from seven to 53. In the case of the Scenes of the Life of the Virgin Mary, the sixteen images and frontipieces were drawn by Ioannes Stradanus, and fifteen of those were then translated into woodengravings by Adrian Collaert, the last two by Adrian's son (also named Ioannes).