Object within Schaaf no. 3999

Copy of painting "La Madonna del Coniglio" after Correggio

Image size: h 16.3cm x w 18.2cm

Paper size: h 18.2cm x w 22.1cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Physical description: negative of trapezoidal shape, tapering to 15.8 cm at the right and 18.0 cm at the top; two corners of the print clipped

Inscription: pencil b verso

Watermark: Joseph Burch London

Provenance:
Harrison D. Horblit (HH1764)

Owner: Houghton Library, Harvard University

Object owner number: Horblit TypPr 805.T820.095 Sz1

Collection: Harrison D. Horblit Collection Of Early Photography

Verso view

Keywords: Oil Painting Bible

This is a photographic copy of an oil painting "The Madonna and Child with White Rabbit" held at Lacock Abbey, itself a copy of Corregio's (c.1489 – 1534) celebrated painting of a "La Zingarella" (Gypsy Madonna). A similar copy, is also held by the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath and is attributed to Willes Maddox (1813-1853).