Madonna with Saint Francis, 18th century

  • Correggio, Italian, ca. 1489-1534
  • Etienne Fessard, French, 1714-1777
  • Charles Francois Hutin, French, 1715-1776

Engraving printed in black on wove paper

  • plate: 20 7/8 x 16 1/2 in. 53.0 x 41.9 cm sheet: 26 3/4 x 23 in. 67.9 x 58.4 cm

Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892

1991.86

In plate, lower left: C. Hutin del.; lower right: Fessard Sculps; lower left of the bottom margin: Quadro d'Antonio Allegri / detto il Correggio / cavato dalla Galleria Reale di Dresda. / Alto Piedi 10. Onc. 4. Largo Piedi 8. Onc: 6.; lower right of the bottom margin: Tableau d'Antoine Allegri / dit le Correge / de la Gallerie Royale de Dresde. / Haut 10. Pieds 4. Pouc: Large 8. Pieds 6. Pouc:; lower left edge: T.I.; lower right edge: No. 1.; in black ink below Fessard: 1714; below Allegri: 1494- 1534 / (Near Modena); within the plate mark, lower left: (St. John the Baptist & St Catherine.); within the plate mark, lower right: (St. Francis & St. Antoine of Padua); lower center: The Virgin blessing St. Francis from her throne; lower right corner: Gift of Bela Hubbard / 1892.; in pencil, lower center and lower right corner: 27

Woermann, Karl, CATALOGUE OF THE ROYAL PICTURE GALLERY IN DRESDEN: Dresden: Wilhelm Hoffmann's Fine Art Works, 1899, p 312.

Etienne Fessard; after Correggio; after Charles Francois Hutin, Madonna with Saint Francis, 18th century, Engraving printed in black on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892, 1991.86.