Madonna of the Rose 1716 - 1750

Johann Christian Teucher’s “Madonna of the Rose” is a 18th-century etching depicting the Virgin Mary holding a rose and cradling the Christ child. The image reflects the traditional iconography of the Madonna and Child, where Mary symbolizes purity and motherhood, while the Christ child embodies divinity. This particular rendition, likely created between 1716 and 1750, is housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The etching, executed in delicate lines and subtle shading, reveals the artist’s mastery of the medium.