Art of the Lithograph: Madonna and Child on the Clouds, Plate II

1819

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

Romanticism Early 19th Century Religious Putti

Dominant colour

Art of the Lithograph: Madonna and Child on the Clouds, Plate II is a 1819 by Alois Senefelder, a Romanticism work, depicting Putti, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Alois Senefelder
When & what style?: 1819 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

The painting shows a gentle scene of the Madonna and Child on clouds. It's a quiet moment, with soft lines and calm faces. The artist used this scene to experiment with printing techniques, which was new at the time, and this work is one of the early examples of lithography, a method that allows for mass production of images. You can learn more about this technique by looking into chiaroscuro.