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
Feuille : 210 x 250 mm
Epreuve coupée au sujet
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)
