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Birth of the Virgin
The Birth of Mary
Birth of the Virgin
1568
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 31 × 20.6 cm (12 3/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number2022.81
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
New Hollstein, 94, i / v; Bierens de Haan 19; Hollstein 19; Bartsch 19
DescriptionThis print, or a later copy of it in reverse, is the basis for a Mughal miniature in the MFA's collection (accession number 14.687).
Marks
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in a circle.
ProvenanceDecember 2, 2020, consigned by an unidentified German private collector to Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin (bought in); December 1, 2021, Druckgraphik des 15. bis 19. Jahrhunderts sale, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, lot 5043 to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 16, 2022)