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Unknown Maker, Italian

Birth Tray (Desco da Parto) Depicting the Birth of the Virgin,

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Italian

Title

Birth Tray (Desco da Parto) Depicting the Birth of the Virgin

Medium

tempera

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Tempera and gold on panel

Techniques

  • Tempera and gold on panel

Supports

  • panel

Dimensions

Diameter: 58.4 cm (23 inches) frame

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Unsigned

Place

Place Made: Florence or Siena

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Manton B. Metcalf

Object Number

18.190

About

Birth Tray (Desco da Parto) Depicting the Birth of the Virgin

Signature: Unsigned

Place Made: Florence or Siena

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

From the Reserve I

April 9 - August 3, 1994

Italian Painting

April 6 - August 25, 1990

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Birth Tray (Desco da Parto) Depicting the Birth of the Virgin with the accession number of 18.190. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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