Francois De Meersman
Netherlands, b.1830, d.1905
The adolescent virgin
- Engraving
- Sir Joseph Kinsey bequest
- 603 x 502mm
- 73/107
Tags: angels (spirits), baskets (containers), beards, Christianity, flowers (plants), men (male humans), monochrome, people (agents), putti (motifs), religious art, saints, women (female humans)
This print depicts the oil painting 'La Vierge adolescente parée par des anges en présence de Joachim et de sainte Anne' ('The adolescent virgin adorned by angels and in the presence of Joachim and St Anne') by Gaspar de Crayer (1584-1669) in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
