Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary (?)

Title

Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary (?)

Draughtsman

• Carlo Maratti ?

Recto

Soldiers playing cards

Period Produced

• 17th century
• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• opaque white
• Vergé paper

Technique

• brush drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Roman

Production Reason

• composition study

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten rechts (von späterer Hand, mit der Feder in Grau): Maratti Verte
Oben links Stempel der Sammlung Rudolf Philipp Goldschmidt, Berlin (Lugt 2926)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

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

Primary

• 11F42 Madonna: Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in her lap (or in front of her bosom) (Mary sometimes represented half-length)

Alternative Attribution

• Januarius Zick ? draughtsman; by note on mount