The Marriage of the Virgin, c. 1526

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 45.3 x 23 cm (17 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Bartsch, no. 1

Accession Number

2007.39.1

Artists / Makers

Gian Jacopo Caraglio (artist) Italian, c. 1500 - 1565

Parmigianino (artist after) Parmese, 1503 - 1540

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in image: Iacobus Caraio fecit; lower right in image: frac. parmis inventor; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Parmigianino p. / Jacobus Caraglio sc. / Wag 3152 (not deciphered) trés vigoreuse

Provenance

Sir Thomas Lawrence (Lugt 2446). (C. & G. Goodfriend, New York); purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Goodfriend, C. & J.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir

Exhibition History

2018: Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints into Maiolica and Bronze, cat. by Jamie Gabbarelli, NGA, 2018, no.

Bibliography

1802: Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1978: The Illustrated Bartsch. New York, 1978 - .