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Pietro de' Pietri (1663-1716)
The Birth of the Virgin
Black chalk | 32.7 x 24.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904429
Pietro de' Pietri (1663-1716)
The Birth of the Virgin
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A drawing of the Virgin holding the newborn Child, as female attendants prepare a bath in the foreground. St Anne looks over the Virgin's shoulder, and angels and cherubs hover above.
Provenance
Probably acquired by George III in 1762 as part of the collection of Cardinal Alessandro Albani; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-1820 (Inv. A, p.110: among 33 'Drawings of Pietro de Petris. Massuci and other Scholars of Carlo Maratti, excepting one Caricatura by Ghezzi')
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Medium and techniques
Black chalk
Measurements
32.7 x 24.8 cm (sheet of paper)
