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.1600-1750Etching, printed in red ink | 45.4 x 30.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851423
An arch-topped etching after a drawing now in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle (RCIN 991358) which bears an attribution in 'deceptive hand' to Garofalo and is regarded as a copy from a drawing by Giulio Romano; in reverse. With an annotation in ink ascribing the composition to Raphael at lower left. A photograph of the drawing at RCIN 851424.
Creator(s)
After Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (artist)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
After a work previously attributed to Benvenuto di Pietro Tisi, called Garofalo (1476-Ferrara 1559) (artist)
Raphael Urbinas
45.4 x 30.2 cm (sheet of paper)
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
- God (Christianity)
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Angels
- Life of the Virgin Mary
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- Furniture & accessories
- Beds
- Cradles
- Beds
- Furniture & accessories
- Home economics
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
no. 0358 (P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London)
