Angels Lifting Virgin and Child 1610 - 1642

Pierre Brebiette's "Angels Lifting Virgin and Child" is a 17th-century etching that depicts the moment when the Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus are lifted into the sky by angels. The scene is set in a landscape with a man holding a donkey in the foreground. This work is a fine example of Brebiette's style, which was influenced by the Italian Renaissance and Mannerism, and his use of hatching to create tonal variations. The etching is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.