The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna is being attended upon while Mary receives her first bath. Line engraving by C. Cort, 1578, after G. Penni.

  • Penni, Giovanni Francesco, approximately 1496-approximately 1528.
Date:
1578
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17316i
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Romæ : Petrus Paulus Palumbus nouarien curabat. Gaspar Albertus successor Palumbi, 1578.

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1 print : line engraving ; border 29.2 x 21.6 cm

Lettering

Ill(ustrissi)mo et R(everendissi)mo D(omino) D(ome)n(ic)o Julio Antonio Sanctorio S(anc)tœ Seruerinæ et S(anc)ti Bartholomei in Insula S.R.C. p(res)b(yte)ro Car(o)li dicatum. C. Cort fe. 1578. Cum privilegio.

References note

J.C.J. Bierens de Haan, L'oeuvre gravé de Cornelis Cort, graveur hollandais, 1533-1578, The Hague 1948, p. 45, no. 20

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Wellcome Collection 17316i

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