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Object Type
print
Museum number
1884,0726.18
Title
Series:
The Christian Virtues
Description
Female personification of Charity seated with children clambering over her, after Parmigianino. 1540s Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in green
Producer name
After:
Parmigianino
Print made by:
Niccolò Vicentino
School/style
Italian
Production date
1540-1550
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
colour
Dimensions
Height:
145 millimetres
Width:
98 millimetres
Curator's comments
For comment on the series of six so-called 'Christian Virtues' (B.XII.128.1 to 6), see 1884,0726.16. This impression is from the Vicentino worksop in the 1540s.
Bibliographic references
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(XII.128.3)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
virtues and vices
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Sir Andrew Fountaine
Purchased through:
Christie's
(sale 7/10 July 1884/354)
Purchased through:
Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau
Acquisition date
1884
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1884,0726.18