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Birth of the Virgin

(German (worked in France and Italy), about 1566–1638)
(Netherlandish, 1546–1611)
(Dutch, active in Rome, 1584–90)
(Italian, active 1553–1604)
1584
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 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.)
Credit LineGift of Robert Bradford and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton
Accession number2008.11
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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)