DrawingsItalian16th century

The Birth of the Virgin

16th century

Artists

Benedetto CaliariArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown-gray ink, gray wash, white gouache over black chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down overall to off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

19 x 53.9 cm (7 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Zaccaria Sagredo, Venice; his nephew, Gherardo Sagredo, Venice, by descent. Sold in Lyon, c. 1919; to private collector; his great nephew, sold [Christie’s, Monaco, July 2, 1993, lot 23, repr.]; to Vermeer Associates] sold; to Vermeer Associates Limited, sold; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1994 Drawing was on long-term loan to the Fogg, 1993-94.

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