The Queen of Heaven (The Virgin and Child in the Clouds)

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The Queen of Heaven (The Virgin and Child in the Clouds)

1839-1840

Joseph von Keller (German, 1811–1873) After a painting of 1837 by Ernst Deger (German, 1809–1885) Published by Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westphalen zu Düsseldorf (founded 1829)

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Object Details

Titles:

The Queen of Heaven (The Virgin and Child in the Clouds)
Membership print of the Kunst-Verein für das Königreich Hannover for 1846/47, Madonna and Child in the Clouds

Date:

1839-1840

Artists:

Joseph von Keller (German, 1811–1873) After a painting of 1837 by Ernst Deger (German, 1809–1885) Published by Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westphalen zu Düsseldorf (founded 1829)

Medium:

Etching and engraving (steel engraving), with masked plate tone

Dimensions:

Image: 16 15/16 x 9 15/16 inches (43.1 x 25.3 cm) Plate: 23 5/16 x 14 9/16inches (59.2 x 37cm) Sheet: 25 3/8 x 18 15/16inches (64.4 x 48.1cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985

Accession Number:

1985-52-19687

Geography:

Made in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

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