Photogravure in intaglio ("intagliotipia") by the Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche of Bergamo, as the lettering printed below the image states. It reproduces a Lombard Renaissance panel with the Virgin and Child, a female saint and a kneeling donor, against a river landscape.
Photogravure in intaglio ("intagliotipia") by the Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche of Bergamo, as the lettering printed below the image states. It reproduces a Lombard Renaissance panel with the Virgin and Child, a female saint and a kneeling donor, against a river landscape.
The painting is given to Ambrogio da Fossano, called il Bergognone (c. 1453-1523), one of the great masters of the Lombard school of the late Quattrocento.
Medium: Photogravure in intaglio (intagliotipia)
Artist / after: Ambrogio da Fossano, il Bergognone, painter of the original
Printer: Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, Bergamo
Date: 1907, according to the original record
Dimensions: Sheet 9.3 x 10.4 in (23.5 x 26.3 cm)
Condition: The image shows numerous skips and white spots of lost ink across the surface, above all in the dark areas; the support is somewhat toned, with small foxing spots.