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The Nativity: 31.K.21-337

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Nativity
The adoration of the shepherds, with God and a choir of angels above

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (School)
Designer: Penni, Giovanni Francesco (il Fattore) (After)

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Note

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.

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: 31.K.21-337
Primary reference Number: 178337
Bartsch: 3 copy
Illustrated Bartsch Commentary: 2801.012 C1
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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