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Wilton album, folio 54a: The Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph in the Background

1590–1613
Not on view
On folio 54 with two other prints: 27.78.1(183-184)
For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428)
Bartsch believed this etching to be a copy by Salimbeni of Guido Reni's print of the same subject (B. XVIII.278.1), though Ciampolini rightly argues that Reni copied this precedent by Salimbeni.
This impression is a counterproof, presumably taken to adjust the inscription mistakenly printed in reverse in the etching (for which see 27.78.1(183) ). Another counterproof of this print is in the British Museum (2006,U.368)

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Wilton album, folio 54a: The Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph in the Background
  • Artist: Ventura Salimbeni (Italian, Siena 1568–1613 Siena)
  • Date: 1590–1613
  • Medium: Counterproof of etching
  • Dimensions: 6 7/8 × 5 1/4 in. (17.4 × 13.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
  • Object Number: 27.78.1(182)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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