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Wilton album, folio 53c: The Glory of the Virgin

1590
Not on view
On folio 53 with three other prints: 27.78.1(178-179 and 181)
For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428)
The subject of this print is not immediately apparent. Bartsch identified it as God the Father showing the Virgin her destiny to be the mother of Christ. More recently Ciampolini describes it as the Immaculate in Glory. The composition is related based on a drawing now at the Uffizi (inv. no. 10851 F; 209 x 136 mm). An impression of a later state

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Wilton album, folio 53c: The Glory of the Virgin
  • Artist: Ventura Salimbeni (Italian, Siena 1568–1613 Siena)
  • Date: 1590
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: 8 3/16 in. × 6 in. (20.8 × 15.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
  • Object Number: 27.78.1(180)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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