…Dark Questions, Answering the Light by Jay Moon https://www.nga.gov/artworks/58772-dark-questions-answering-light
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions "Moon ’75" lower right margin, graphite, artist’s hand
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions "Moon ’75" lower right margin, graphite, artist’s hand
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions "Hannelore Baron" verso, graphite, artist’s hand
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Version, c. 1618-1622, etching printed in black on linen (prepared with ground) and hand-colored
Not dated. "1" [encircled] verso, center sheet, unknown hand.
"Travelers" lower left margin, graphite, artist’s hand.
Although called a nativity, this painting lacks the manger, ox, and ass traditionally found in scenes of Christ’s birth. It would be better interpreted as a mystical adoration of saints.
He holds a tall staff in one hand and points at Mary with the index finger of the
wears pearl earrings, a pearl necklace, and a four-stranded pearl bracelet on the hand
The engravings of Andrea Mantegna were the most influential prints produced in 15th-century Italy. Motifs from his creations appear in works by every major early Italian printmaker, and it was through Mantegna’s prints that Albrecht Dürer made his first acquaintance with the southern Renaissance.
The rider holds the reins of the snarling creature in one hand and holds a tall staff
"Dondon" lower center margin, graphite, artist’s hand. "63/124" lower left margin
; in later hand, lower left: #63; in later hand, upper center verso in graphite: