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The Nativity: 37.1-18

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Nativity

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ghisi, Giorgio
Publisher: Cock, Hieronymus
Painter: Bronzino, Agnolo (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1554

Note

Two plates joined. First plate: state II/II, Second plate state IV/IV (published state, joined to the second state of the top plate). The fourth of five prints produced (between 1550-55) for Hieronymous Cock, the founder of the largest print publishing establishment in northern Europe.

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: 37.1-18
Primary reference Number: 127849
Bartsch: 3
Illustrated Bartsch: 3 (385)
Lewis: 14
Old location number: 37.1.13
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 10 May 2013 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Nativity" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/127849 Accessed: 2024-12-01 09:05:15

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