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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-64)
The Nativity with God the Father and Angels c. 1650
Etching | 20.7 x 40.2 cm (platemark) | RCIN 830452
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An etching of the Virgin kneeling as she cradles the Christ Child, watched by a host of adoring angels amidst clouds on the left. The radiant light emanating from both the Child and God the Father illuminates the attendant angels, one swinging a censer. In the gloom at lower right, classical ruins symbolise the overthrow of the old order. Inscribed on the base of the column on the right; GENOVESE / CASTILIONE / P. Inscribed on the banderole held by the two putti; GLOR INECEL.
Provenance
Probably Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice; from whom purchased by George III, 1762
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Measurements
20.7 x 40.2 cm (platemark)
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Alternative title(s)
Adoration of the Infant Christ
