Artist
Giulio Cesare ProcacciniItalian, 1574–1625
CultureItalian
Titles
- Study for La Naissance de la Vierge (The Birth of the Virgin)
Datec. 1600–1610
MediumRed chalk on laid paper with 18th-century laid paper mount ruled with ink, wash and metal foil
DimensionsSheet: 12 7/8 × 7 3/8 in. (32.7 × 18.7 cm)
Mount: 15 5/8 × 10 1/4 in. (39.7 × 26 cm)
Mount: 15 5/8 × 10 1/4 in. (39.7 × 26 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2019.59
Not on view
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Prints and DrawingsObject Type
(1) Van Parijs was a Brussels printer around 1800. He formed his collection in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is known that he bought works on paper at the Hazard 1789 sale in Brussels. In 1839, Belgium acquired 14,318 prints from the van Parijs collection at a price of 15,000 florins. The drawings remained for a long time in the hands of his heirs. In 1853, a number of his objets d’art, coins, and medals were sold twice in 1853. His collector’s mark is seen below (Figs. 3 & 4).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, on mount, right bottom edge: Biscaino
Recto: Stamp, on mount, bottom right corner edge: ARD
Recto: Stamp in ink, on mount, bottom left corner: VP / No 22 [number handwritten]
Recto: Stamp in ink, on mount, bottom left corner: VP / No 22 [number handwritten]
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