Art, literature & history
The Virgin and Child Resting Outside a City Gate
1560–1609
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush with traces of brown wash, on light brown beige paper; traces of framing outlines in pen and brown ink
- Dimensions
- sheet: 7 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (18.8 x 21.6 cm)
- Collection no.
- 1972.137.2
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Annibale Carracci. The Virgin and Child Resting Outside a City Gate. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Virgin and Child Resting Outside a City Gate — Annibale Carracci. 1560–1609.
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush with traces of brown wash, on light brown beige paper; traces of framing outlines in pen and brown ink. Dimensions: sheet: 7 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (18.8 x 21.6 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1972.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.