Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
MICHEL OLIVIER LEBAS (1783-1843)
The Birth of the Virgin
published 1803Etching | 13.8 x 18.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851421
An outline-etching reproducing the composition of the Birth of the Virgin, a fresco executed by Francesco Torbido in the choir of the Duomo of Verona after designs by Giulio Romano, to whom the commission was originally entrusted. The execution of the composition is wrongly attributed on plate to Raphael, and the subject is incorrectly described as the 'birth of the Infant Baptist'. Published in C.P. Landon, Vie et Œuvre complète de Raphaël Sanzio, 1803, plate 223.
Creator(s)
Michel Olivier Lebas (1783-1843) (etcher)
After Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (artist)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Saint Anne13.8 x 18.5 cm (sheet of paper)
11.1 x 14.5 cm (image)
18.2 cm (Width) (platemark)
La naissance de St. Jean Baptiste. / Die Geburn Johannes's des Wiedertäufern. / St. John the Baptist's birth.
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of the Virgin Mary
- Birth of the Virgin
- Life of the Virgin Mary
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Other number(s)
Ruland p.108 C.V.4
