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Description: | Figure group by a tree in the centre foreground with townscape to the right background. There are more figures in the middle ground to the right. A female figure, the Virgin Mary, is facing forward with baby Jesus on her lap and holding her left hand out to handle an object offered by a winged figue kneeling to the right. Another winged figure stands behind her facing forward with its hands clasped and looking down at the child. A donkey stands to the right with barrells strapped to its sides. A bearded male figure holding a stick is situated to the left of the group. There are two winged figures in the sky in the top left corner. They are looking down at the scene below. A pheasant sat on a tree branch above the group of figures.
Technique: engraving (printing process)
medium: ink (brown)
The Repose by Francesco Bartolozzi RA, Gabbiani (after), 1791, (1967.128/5). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.104547 | Go to resource |
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