The Birth of the Virgin

c.1860-76

Carbon print | 37.8 x 26.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851424

A photograph of a drawing now in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle (RCIN 991358). The drawing, which bears an attribution in 'deceptive hand' to Garofalo, is regarded as a copy after a lost drawing by Giulio Romano. The composition is also known through two engravings: one is by Sebastiano di Re (an impression of which is in the British Museum, inv. no.1874,0613.672) and the other has been often attributed to Diana Ghisi (Bartsch XV, p.443, no.26), although its authorship is ongoing matter of debate. An anonymous etching reproducing the composition can be found at RCIN 851423.

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After a work copying Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (artist)

After a work previously attributed to Benvenuto di Pietro Tisi, called Garofalo (1476-Ferrara 1559) (artist)
37.8 x 26.5 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
  
  God (Christianity)
  
  Angels, demons, devils, saints
  
  Angels
- Science, Medicine and Technology
  
  Home economics
  
  Furniture & accessories
  
  Beds
  
  Cradles
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.236, no.358 (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)

p.655, under no.1062 (Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte))

Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary

The Birth of the Virgin

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