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New Testament subjects

New Testament subjects

    ? CHARLES THURSTON THOMPSON (1816-68)

    The Virgin Mary

    c.1856-1859

    ? Albumen print | 20.7 x 16.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850382

    A photograph of a drawing by Giovanni di Pietro (known as Lo Spagna) depicting the Virgin Mary now in the Louvre, Paris (inv. no. 4371). Ruland (1876) relates this drawing to a painting by Lo Spagna depicting the Nativity now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome (inv. no. 40316). This painting is also known as the Madonna della Spineta. See RCIN 850380 for a photograph of the painting.

    • Creator(s)

      ? Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)

      ? Robert Jefferson Bingham (1825-70) (photographer)

      After a work attributed to Lo Spagna (c. 1450-1528) (artist)

      Subject(s)

      Blessed Virgin Mary
      Saint Joseph

    • 20.7 x 16.3 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 Christ
              • Infancy of Christ
                • Nativity of Christ
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Other number(s)

      Ruland p.32 B.VIII.4

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