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The Birth of the Virgin

Ventura Salimbeni1605/1610

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States

  • Title: The Birth of the Virgin
  • Creator: Ventura Salimbeni
  • Date Created: 1605/1610
  • Physical Dimensions: sheet: 33.7 x 23.1 cm (13 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.)
  • Provenance: Paignon-Dijonval, France. George Usslaub, Marseille (born 1845) (Lugt 1221). Jacques Petithory, Paris (not in Lugt). Private collection, Geneva; Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.
  • Rights: CC0
  • Medium: pen and brown and red ink with brown and sanguine wash over red chalk, heightened with white gouache and squared in red chalk on laid paper washed ochre
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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