Untitled (Madonna)
Artist
Dwight Hackett
(American, born 1945)
Date1995
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 23 7/16 × 15 3/4 in. (59.5 × 40 cm)
Mat: 23 3/4 × 16 in. (60.3 × 40.6 cm)
Mat: 23 3/4 × 16 in. (60.3 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Bobbie Foshay, 2017
Object number2017.24.17
DescriptionA close-up, three-quarters view of the face and long hair of a sculpted image of the Madonna.eMuseum Notes
A
revered figure in Christianity, Mary, the mother of Christ, has long been a
favorite subject of painters and sculptors. Photographers wishing to depict her
often rely on sculpted likenesses such as this one, photographed as tenderly as
a portrait.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- worship
- Immaculate Conception
- art
- faith
- sacred objects
- maternity
- santos
- carvings
- sculpture
