Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Title

Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Draughtsman

• Italian, 16th century

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• washing
• chalk drawing
• squaring

Geographic Reference

• Italian

Production Reason

• composition study

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• 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

• 73A311 several childbed scenes ~ birth of Mary
• 41AA1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings - AA - civic architecture: inside
• 41A7612 bed with tester
• 42A411 cradle, crib

Alternative Attribution

• Andrea Boscoli draughtsman; by note on mount
• Sienese draughtsman; by note on mount
• Alessandro Casolani draughtsman; by note on mount
• Cesare Nebbia ? draughtsman; by note on mount
• Taddeo Zuccari ? draughtsman; by note on mount
• Giovanni Battista Naldini ? draughtsman; by note on mount
• Andrea Boscoli draughtsman; declined, by note on mount
• Taddeo Zuccari draughtsman; declined, by note on mount