Virgin and Child with Saint Lorenzo Giustiniani and Zeno

1874

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Impressionism Realism Late 19th Century Religious

Dominant colour

Virgin and Child with Saint Lorenzo Giustiniani and Zeno is a 1874 by Edward Kaiser, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Edward Kaiser
When & what style?: 1874 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This print shows a religious scene with the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child. Saints Lorenzo Giustiniani and Zeno appear beside them. Edward Kaiser made it in 1874. It’s a chromolithograph, a colorful printing method where each color gets its own stone. The Arundel Society ordered prints like this for subscribers. Check out prints at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The story of this work

Overview

This chromolithograph reproduces an Italian fresco cycle featuring the Virgin and Child enthroned beneath a lemon tree, flanked by Saints Zeno and Lorenzo Giustiniani, with three angels at the Virgin’s feet and a hilly landscape in the background. Produced by Edward Kaiser for the Arundel Society, the print was part of a series selected from 14th–16th century Italian frescoes and distributed to subscribers, many of whom later donated examples to public spaces. The technique involved multiple lithographic stones, each inked for a separate color, to achieve the final image.

Read the full account in the museum source.