Copy after the Nativity of the Virgin, Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Tornabuoni Chapel, Santa Maria Novella (Florence)

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Artist/Maker	Arundel Society (commissioned and published) Ghirlandaio, Domenico (artist) Mariannecci, Cesare (copyist)
Place of origin	Florence (copied)

Watercolour of a group of women attending to a baby (the Virgin). The mother lays in the bed behind them. On the left a woman hugs another one on the stairs. They both have halos. The room is decorated with frescoes and the coloum are richly garnished.

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Categories	Biblical Imagery Copies and Facsimilies Religion
Object type	Watercolour
Title	Copy after the Nativity of the Virgin, Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Tornabuoni Chapel, Santa Maria Novella (Florence) (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour, pen and gold on paper Watercolour on Paper Pen Gold Watercolour Drawing
Brief description	Watercolour, copy after the Nativity of the Virgin, Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Tornabuoni Chapel, Santa Maria Novella (Florence), Cesare Mariannecci, Arundel Society watercolour, 19th century
Physical description	Watercolour of a group of women attending to a baby (the Virgin). The mother lays in the bed behind them. On the left a woman hugs another one on the stairs. They both have halos. The room is decorated with frescoes and the coloum are richly garnished.
Dimensions	Width: 745mm Height: 545mm 745x545 mm
Object history	Acquired in 1995 from the National Gallery of London. Watercolour copy made for the Arundel Society and published as chromolithograph in 1895 by Wilhelm Greve.
Bibliographic references	Alessandro Salucci, Il Ghirlandaio a Santa Maria Novella: un percorso tra storia e teologia, Firenze, Edifir 2012 Jean K. Cadogan, Domenico Ghirlandaio: artist and artisan, New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2000 Tanya Ledger, A Study of the Arundel Society 1848-1897. Unpublished thesis submitted for degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 1978, p.285
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.110-1995

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Record created	March 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O206053/copy-after-the-nativity-of-watercolour-ghirlandaio-domenico/

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