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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1932,0709.46
Description: The Virgin embracing the Child adored by angels. early 1650s Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
School/style: Italian
Production date: 1650-1655
Materials: paper
Technique: etching
Dimensions: Height: 474 millimetres; Width: 315 millimetres
Bibliographic references: Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (XXI.14.8); Bellini 1982 / L'Opera incisa di Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (62.I)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: nativity
Associated names: Representation of: Virgin Mary
Acquisition name: Donated by: Campbell Dodgson
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Edward Rudge
Acquisition date: 1932
Acquisition notes: Dodgson's report to the Trustees of 1 July 1932 records that the Italian etchings in his 1932 gift (1932,0709.6 to 80) all 'derived from an album of Italian etchings that was in the early XIXc Rudge collection, famous for its Rembrandts, which was sold at Christie's in December 1924'. This can be identified as lot 5, bought by Martin for 21 guineas, with 254 etchings in a 'folio, whole-bound calf tooled with gold'.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1932,0709.46
Conservation: Wash, buffer and repair: 08 Jun 1981

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