The Nativity The adoration of the shepherds, with God and a choir of angels above
Printmaker:
Unknown
Printmaker:
Raimondi, Marcantonio
(School)
Designer:
Penni, Giovanni Francesco (il Fattore)
(After)
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
Printed on two sheets from two separate plates. Lettering in capital letters below: Dominus dixit ad me filius meus es tu ego hodie genui te. Bartsch records an engraving in the other direction, under 'Raimondi School' XV.15, 3, which reproduces a drawing by Giovanni Francesco Penni, now in the Louvre (no. 3460). Monogram MA lower left.
Accession number: 31.K.21-337
Primary reference Number: 178337
Bartsch: 3 copy
Illustrated Bartsch Commentary: 2801.012 C1
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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