Wilton album, folio 54c: The Virgin Reading to the Child in a Cradle

1589–1600
Not on view
On folio 54 with two other prints: 27.78.1(182 and 183)
For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428)
An etched copy in reverse of Francesco Villamena's engraving after Ventura Salimbeni (Kühn-Hattenhauer 1979, p. 186; Etheridge 2007, cat. 4.7), for an impression of which see Rijksmuseum (RP-P-OB-38.414). The etching was doubtfully attributed by Bartsch to Salimbeni's half-brother, Francesco Vanni. Rare and not illustrated in The Illustrated Bartsch

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Object Information
  • Title: Wilton album, folio 54c: The Virgin Reading to the Child in a Cradle
  • Artist: Anonymous
  • Artist: After Francesco Villamena (Italian, Assisi ca. 1565–1624 Rome)
  • Artist: After Ventura Salimbeni (Italian, Siena 1568–1613 Siena)
  • Artist: Doubtfully attributed to Francesco Vanni (Italian, Siena 1563–1610 Siena)
  • Date: 1589–1600
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: 6 1/4 × 4 9/16 in. (15.9 × 11.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
  • Object Number: 27.78.1(184)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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