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Birth of the Virgin
Attributed to: Matthäus Greuter (German (worked in France and Italy), about 1566–1638)
After: Bartholomaus Spranger (Netherlandish, 1546–1611)
Publisher: Johannes Statius (Dutch, active in Rome, 1584–90)
Formerly attributed to: Michele (Lucchese) Greco (Italian, active 1553–1604)
After: Bartholomaus Spranger (Netherlandish, 1546–1611)
Publisher: Johannes Statius (Dutch, active in Rome, 1584–90)
Formerly attributed to: Michele (Lucchese) Greco (Italian, active 1553–1604)
1584
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 48.7 x 31.8 cm (19 3/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 55 x 42.1 cm (21 5/8 x 16 9/16 in.)
Sheet (with additions): 56 x 42.7 cm (22 1/16 x 16 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 55 x 42.1 cm (21 5/8 x 16 9/16 in.)
Sheet (with additions): 56 x 42.7 cm (22 1/16 x 16 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Bradford and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton
Accession Number2008.11
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein 12
LeBlanc 3
State
only state
InscriptionsIn plate, l.l.: M. G. F.; l.r.: Stacius Formis
ProvenanceSold by Hill-Stone, Inc., New York, to Robert and Barbara Wheaton, Concord, MA; 2008, gift of Robert Bradford and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 23, 2008)