# A Young Woman Holding a Cushion

**Monogrammist VCP** (Italian or French, 17th century)  
1643  
Etching in black ink on cream laid paper  
Image/sheet: 23.4 × 14.1 cm (9 1/4 × 5 9/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.170. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/261215).

## About this work

Monogrammist VCP made this in 1643. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of etching in black ink on cream laid paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Etching.** The artist draws with a needle through a waxy coating on a copper plate, and acid bites the exposed lines. The plate is then inked, wiped and printed under pressure, so the line keeps the freedom of drawing.
- **Laid paper.** Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.

### [Monogrammist VCP](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/monogrammist-vcp)

Italian or French, 17th century

## Facts

- Type: Print
- Culture: Italy
- Real size: about 9 × 5½ in (23 × 14 cm). The 8 × 10 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 17th century
- Movement: [Baroque](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/baroque)
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/406.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/406/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86; 24 × 36 in $108; 30 × 40 in $148
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258; 30 × 40 in $338
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148; 24 × 36 in $178; 30 × 40 in $228
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-young-woman-holding-a-cushion-aic-261215).