The Nativity
c. 1655
Artist, Genoese, 1629 - 1657

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 39.5 × 28 cm (15 9/16 × 11 in.)
framed: 59.69 × 44.45 cm (23 1/2 × 17 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1985.54.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch, no. 7, State (ii/iii)
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London); acquired 1985 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1990
Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 37, repro.
2012
The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 2012
2020
A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, 2020, no. 69 (shown only in Washington, Washington venue canceled).
Bibliography
1802
Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.
1985
Colnaghi, London: 6/25-7/13/1985, 7 (described w/ new unpublished information as second state of three).
1990
Russell 1990, cat.no.37.
2020
Bober, Jonathan. A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750,Exh cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington: 224, no. 69.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: BISCAI.VS GENVE. F; lower right in plate: Daman ex.
Wikidata ID
Q74069542