The Virgin and Child with Angels presenting a Tablet, in a quadrefoil cartouche decorated with the Apocalyptic beasts
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Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789-1869)
The Virgin and Child with Angels presenting a Tablet, in a quadrefoil cartouche decorated with the Apocalyptic beasts
signed with monogram and dated 'F O 1841', inscribed on the tablets 'BEATUS VENTER QUI, TE PORTAVIT VBERA QUAE SUXIST' and 'uinumo beati qui audiunt verbum dei custodiunt illud'
black lead, some of the outlines incised
16½ x 16½ in. (420 x 420 mm.)
The Virgin and Child with Angels presenting a Tablet, in a quadrefoil cartouche decorated with the Apocalyptic beasts
signed with monogram and dated 'F O 1841', inscribed on the tablets 'BEATUS VENTER QUI, TE PORTAVIT VBERA QUAE SUXIST' and 'uinumo beati qui audiunt verbum dei custodiunt illud'
black lead, some of the outlines incised
16½ x 16½ in. (420 x 420 mm.)