Identification title(s): madonna on the crescent moon. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1948-301. Catalog reference: new hollstein dutch 80-copy c. Bartsch 80. Note: copy. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark; verso lower right, stamped: lugt 2228a. Description: mary crowned, with the christ child on a crescent moon, surrounded by a halo. Mirror image copy with four music-making angels added. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: anonymous, after a print by: lucas van leyden. Dating: 1500 - 1525. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: top: h 109 mm × w 70 mm. Subject: what: 'immaculata', 'purisima': mary, usually standing on a crescent moon, descending from heaven, exempt from original sin (sometimes trampling serpent). Acquisition: purchase 1948. Date: between 1500 and 1525.
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