The Marriage of the Virgin

c. 1526

Gian Jacopo Caraglio

Artist, Italian, c. 1500 - 1565

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 45.3 x 23 cm (17 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2007.39.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir Thomas Lawrence (Lugt 2446). (C. & G. Goodfriend, New York); purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2018

  • Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints into Maiolica and Bronze, cat. by Jamie Gabbarelli, NGA, 2018, no.

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1978

  • The Illustrated Bartsch. New York, 1978 - .

Inscriptions

lower left in image: Iacobus Caraio fecit; lower right in image: frac. parmis inventor; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Parmigianino p. / Jacobus Caraglio sc. / Wag 3152 (not deciphered) trés vigoreuse

Wikidata ID

Q76341072

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