Nativity
Nativity
Nativity
Nativity

Currently not on view

Nativity

after Anton Raphael Mengs, German, 1728–1779
x1952-189

Information

Title
Nativity
Maker
after Anton Raphael Mengs
Medium
Red chalk heightened with white over some black chalk
Dimensions
44 x 19.8 cm. (17 5/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1952-189
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamps in ink, lower left and on verso: GV [in oval] [Lugt 1223]
Culture
German
Type
drawings
Materials
black chalk, red chalk, laid paper
Techniques
heightening
Subject
nativity, angels, Christianity, figures (representations)

G. Vallardi [Lugt 1223]

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