The infant Christ lying on a wooden box, the Virgin kneeling in prayer before him, Saint Joseph at left, shepherds at right, in an octagonal frame, after Reni
After a painting by Reni which at the time was in the church of San Domenico in Bologna. Verso is not visible as print is laid to another sheet of paper.
Artwork Details
- Title: The infant Christ lying on a wooden box, the Virgin kneeling in prayer before him, Saint Joseph at left, shepherds at right, in an octagonal frame, after Reni
- Artist: Engraved by Jean-Baptiste Michel (French, Paris 1748–1804 Paris)
- Artist: Intermediary draughtsman Josiah Boydell (British, Hawarden, Flintshire 1752–1817 Middlesex)
- Artist: After Guido Reni (Italian, Bologna 1575–1642 Bologna)
- Publisher: John Boydell (British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720–1804 London)
- Date: 1783
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 17 1/16 × 14 15/16 in. (43.4 × 38 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
- Object Number: 51.501.4577
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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