The Virgin Mary prays to the infant Jesus, who is being carried by four kneeling angels; they all stand in a circle around the sun drawn on the ground. Aquatint with etching by C.M. Metz after D. Ghirlandaio.

  • Ghirlandaio, Domenico, 1449-1494.
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[1798?]
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21813i
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The Virgin Mary prays to the infant Jesus, who is being carried by four kneeling angels; they all stand in a circle around the sun drawn on the ground. Aquatint with etching by C.M. Metz after D. Ghirlandaio. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A haloed figure dressed in a short ragged tunic, holding an extended cross, moves down the avenue of trees on the left. To the right, Joseph rests on his crook. The haloes on the heads of the kneeling angels look like three-dimensional plates with small central holes, fastened onto their hair. The foremost angel lacks wings

Publication/Creation

[London] : [C.M. Metz?], [1798?]

Physical description

1 print : aquatint with etching ; platemark 32.6 x 24.2 cm

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Lettering

The Nativity. Apud C.M.

References note

R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, p. 239, no. 2752

Reference

Wellcome Collection 21813i

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