Wilton album, folio 53b: The Marriage of the Virgin
Ventura Salimbeni Italian
Publisher Iohannes Statius Netherlandish
Not on view
On folio 53 with three other prints: 27.78.1(178 and 180-181)
For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428)
The composition of this etching is loosely based on the central portion of Jacopo Caraglio's engraving after Parmigianino of the same subject (B. XV.66.1). While the bottom margin with lettering has been trimmed off, the strength and quality of the impression suggests this may be an example of the first state