The Adoration of the Shepherds
1723
Artist, Italian, 1680 - 1757
Artist After, Parmese, 1503 - 1540
Anton Maria Zanetti I after Parmigianino
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
chiaroscuro woodcut, four woodblocks in pink and three shades of grayish-blue 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: 18.5 × 27.6 cm (7 5/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
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Accession Number
1952.8.486.39
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch, no. 39
Associated Artworks
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Anton Maria Zanetti I
1680
Album of Prints by Anton Maria Zanetti I, Giovanni Antonio Faldoni, and Andrea Zucchi
Giovanni Antonio Faldoni, Anton Maria Zanetti I, Andrea Zucchi
1721
Madonna Seated on a Cloud Holding the Infant Christ
Anton Maria Zanetti I
1723
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
At upper right: Franc. Parm. / Inv. / Ant. M.a Zanetti / del., et sculp." with the date "1723". At bottom, printed with a separate copperplate: "Illustrissimo, Potentissimoque Principi, ac Pictoriae artis Prophessorum vero Mecenati / Guglielmo Duci Devoniae etc etc etc typum hunc, et hoc coelaturae genus, tot ab hinc / annis obliteratum, et quasi deperditum Antonius Maria Zanetti restituit, donat, dicatque."; on mount, at lower center, in black ink, in later hand: 40; on mount, at lower right, in graphite, in later hand: B.39; verso: none
Markings
"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q65222406