The Virgin Entrusting the Christ Child to Saint Francis of Assisi

Gaspare Diziani

1689–1767 · Two sheets of paper joined horizontally above center: pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over red chalk and lead or graphite (bottom sheet); brush and gray wash, over red chalk (top sheet) · Drawings and Prints

Artist

Gaspare Diziani

Date

1689–1767

Medium

Two sheets of paper joined horizontally above center: pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over red chalk and lead or graphite (bottom sheet); brush and gray wash, over red chalk (top sheet)

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880