The Birth of the Virgin
Artist, Italian, 1680 - 1757
Anton Maria Zanetti I after Parmigianino
Artwork overview
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Medium
chiaroscuro woodcut, three woodblocks in light blue, pink, and red on laid paper with gilt edges mounted on laid paper with wash borders
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/block: 17.4 × 11.7 cm (6 7/8 × 4 5/8 in.)
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Accession Number
1952.8.486.24
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch, no. 24
Associated Artworks
See all 50 artworksAlbum of Prints by Anton Maria Zanetti I, Giovanni Antonio Faldoni, and Andrea Zucchi
Giovanni Antonio Faldoni, Anton Maria Zanetti I, Andrea Zucchi
1721
A Genie Aloft
Anton Maria Zanetti I
1722
Madonna and Child, Saint Stephen, Another Saint, and a Young Man or Woman
Anton Maria Zanetti I
1722
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ambroise Firmin Didot (1790-1876) [bookplate]. (Pierre Berès Inc., New York); Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia, PA, purchased 1952; gift to NGA, 1952.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1802
Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.
Inscriptions
Inscription in lower left "P. Inv. AMZ del., et Sculp."; on mount, at lower center, in black ink, in later hand: 25; on mount, at lower right, in graphite, in later hand: B.24; verso: none
Markings
"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q65222374