Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Title

Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Draughtsman

• Florentine, 16th century ?

Period Produced

• 16th century
• 17th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• opaque white
• chalk
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• white heightening
• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Florentine

Production Reason

• composition study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Nicht bezeichnet

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Anne (saint)
• Joachim

Primary

• 73A31 birth of Mary
• 42A34 bathing baby

Alternative Attribution

• Giovanni Battista della Rovere draughtsman; by note on mount
• Giovanni Mauro della Rovere draughtsman; by note on mount, alternatively
• Andrea del Sarto ? draughtsman; by note on mount