Description
La Vierge et le Christ
Eau-forte de Giovanni Cesare TESTA (Rome 1630 – vers 1655)
d’après son oncle Pietro TESTA (Lucques 1617 – Rome 1650)
Publié par Giovanni Giacomo de’Rossi à Rome
vers 1650-1655
Cropper 113
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Description British Museum
An allegory of the rest on the flight into Egypt, the Virgin seated and looking upward, supporting in her lap the Christ child, who holds a reed cross and tramples the head of the dragon of heresy and evil; the infant Baptist, to right, points to the cross; a fallen statue to left, a tomb to left with a relief depicting Hercules killing the Hydra; St Joseph and an angel with a donkey in the background. (source)
