The Virgin, hands folded on her chest, looking upwards

"The Virgin, hands folded on her chest, looking upwards" is an etching and engraving created by Frédéric Horthemels between 1729 and 1740. The plate measures 34.4 × 24.9 cm, and the sheet measures 53.1 × 38.7 cm. It was gifted to The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Harry G. Friedman in 1960, where it is classified under "Prints" in the "Drawings and Prints" department.

Frédéric Horthemels was a French engraver, born in 1688 and deceased in 1737. No information regarding his nationality is available in the artist authority record beyond his description as a "French engraver."

The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds several other works by Frédéric Horthemels, including "Adam kneels in grief beside the body of Abel, while Cain flees in the background" (ca. 1729), "Christ, seated at right, and the woman of Samaria, who stands at left" (ca. 1729), "The Virgin Mary adoring the Christ child, an angel holding a crown of thorns at right" (ca. 1729), and "The Pentecost..." (1729–40). No provenance information is supplied for "The Virgin, hands folded on her chest, looking upwards," nor are any exhibitions or literature specified.