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Engraving of the Virgin and Child with an elderly woman and a young boy in a courtyard with a column, a hovering winged figure, and a distant town.

Madonna and Child with Saint Elizabeth and the Young John the Baptist in a Courtyard

An engraving showing the Virgin and Child seated on a checkered marble floor beside an elderly woman and a young boy with a cross-like staff. A classical portico with a column and niche stands at right, and a winged figure hovers in the sky above a distant town with hills. The print has a Latin inscription along its lower margin.

Artist
Cherubino Alberti (mentioned on object)
Date
1563-1615
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3031 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1615.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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