The birth of the Virgin. Oil painting after Francesco Bassano.

  • Bassano, Francesco da Ponte, 1549-1592.
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The mother of the Virgin, Saint Anne, is being offered an egg to restore her strength after giving birth. The Virgin is being prepared for bathing and swaddling. A large canvas version of a composition otherwise recorded in a small painting on copper by Francesco Bassano

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1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 108.5 x 79 cm

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Wellcome Collection 44685i

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