Sacred Conversation
1540s
Léon Davent
Léon Davent (French)
Prints
Sacred Conversation, 1540s. Léon Davent (French), after Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540). Etching; sheet: 24.4 x 18.5 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2001.48 This etching shows the Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist, St. John the Evangelist, Mary Magdalene, Joseph, and other two saints. This composition after a now-lost work by Parmigianino was frequently reproduced in early prints and drawings made in France in the 1540s.
- Maker/Artist
- Davent, Léon
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- etching
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 24.4 x 18.5 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: inscribed, lower center: artist's initials
- Departments
- Prints
- Accession Number
- 2001.48
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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