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After Federico Barocci (Urbino c. 1535-Urbino 1612)
The Nativity c.1600-99
Oil on canvas | 136.2 x 109.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404143
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The Virgin kneels beside the manger, her arms outstretched as she gazes at the infant Christ. Joseph, standing beside the Virgin, admits two shepherds through the door to the stable, gesturing towards the Virgin and Child.
This painting is a slightly enlarged, seventeenth-century copy of Barocci’s original Nativity (Prado, Madrid), probably of 1597.Provenance
Acquired in 1762 by George III from Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice (Italian List no 284)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
136.2 x 109.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
166.3 x 143.2 x 9.0 cm (frame, external)
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Nativity
