The Birth of the Virgin

XVI century. Pencil, Grey-brown ink on yellow paper.
Not on display

The composition shows knowledge of the composition of the subject by Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) in the Chiostrino dei Voti, SS. Annunziata, Florence, but the pen-work does not necessarily indicate the work of a Florentine artist.

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Inventory number: D001618
Author: Anonymous
Title: The Birth of the Virgin
Date: XVI century
Technique: Pencil; Grey-brown ink
Support: Yellow paper
Dimension: Height: 87 mm; Width: 111 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931; I. Brun
Entry date: 1931

Bibliography +

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos. Dibujos italianos del siglo XVI (por Nicholas Turner, con la colaboración de José Manuel Matilla), V, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2004, pp. 447.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Chicago, 2008, pp. 447.

Other inventories +

Inv. Legado Pedro Fernández Durán, 1931. Núm. 260.

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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