Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (ROME C. 1499-MANTUA 1546)
The Birth of the Virgin
c.1860-76Carbon print | 25.6 x 32.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851420
A photograph of a drawing by Giulio Romano (c.1533-4) now in the Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House (inv. no.121). The drawing is a study for the frescoes in the choir of the Duomo of Verona, commissioned from the master but eventually executed by Francesco Torbido (1486-1562) to Giulio's designs.
Creator(s)
After Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (artist)
25.6 x 32.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
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
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.104-5, under no.97, fig.60; p.188, under no.177 (Massari 1993 : Massari, S, 1993. Giulio Romano pinxit et delineavit : Opere grafiche autografe di collaborazione e bottega, Rome)
