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Source Description
The inscriptions praise Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, emphasizing the great joys and inevitable sorrows that she is to endure in witnessing her son's life and death. After spending about five years in Rome, Ghisi left Italy around 1550 for Antwerp, the major commercial center in the Netherlands. There he worked with Hieronymus Cock (about 1510–1570), founder of the largest and best-known print publishing establishment in northern Europe, called The Four Winds. This print reproduces a painting of similar size by the artist Agnolo Bronzino (1513–1572), painted in the late 1530s for Filippo d'Averardo Salviati of Florence. Making a print based on a work belonging to a private individual was an unusual practice during the 16th century.
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Document identity
localId
153271
label
The Nativity
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obj
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print
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1
Source metadata
id
153271
contentType
print
title
The Nativity
description
The inscriptions praise Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, emphasizing the great joys and inevitable sorrows that she is to endure in witnessing her son's life and death. After spending about five years in Rome, Ghisi left Italy around 1550 for Antwerp, the major commercial center in the Netherlands. There he worked with Hieronymus Cock (about 1510–1570), founder of the largest and best-known print publishing establishment in northern Europe, called The Four Winds. This print reproduces a painting of similar size by the artist Agnolo Bronzino (1513–1572), painted in the late 1530s for Filippo d'Averardo Salviati of Florence. Making a print based on a work belonging to a private individual was an unusual practice during the 16th century.
date
1553
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79938917
creators
4603
68240
2040
genreSpecific
Print
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 67.5 x 45.6 cm (26 9/16 x 17 15/16 in.); Part 1: 32.9 x 45 cm (12 15/16 x 17 11/16 in.); Part 2: 34 x 45.6 cm (13 3/8 x 17 15/16 in.)
cul
Italy, 16th century
accession
1986.233
Source extras
tec
engraving
tombstone
The Nativity, 1553. Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582), Hieronymus Cock, after Agnolo Bronzino (Italian, 1503–1572). Engraving; overall: 67.5 x 45.6 cm (26 9/16 x 17 15/16 in.); part 1: 32.9 x 45 cm (12 15/16 x 17 11/16 in.); part 2: 34 x 45.6 cm (13 3/8 x 17 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1986.233
supportMaterials
description
cream(1) laid paper
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PR - Engraving
stateOfTheWork
ii/ii (top plate) ; iv/iv (bottom plate)
inscriptions
inscription
upper left, in plate: Maria / Heli .F. ominum / foeminarum feliciß . so= / la inter virgines foecunda, / parit tot sæculis expec= / tatum Saluatorem Me= / ßiam. Anno, Mundi. / MMM.DCCC.LX. / pl. mi. ; upper right, in plate: Hec eadem, / ut illum mirifice ex / se natum alacriter edu= / cauit, ita et grandia fa= / cientem, gravia tolerantem, / morientum, resurgentem, ad /patrem redeuntem con= / spexit, carum mox / sequutura fili= / um. ; lower left, in plate: ANGILO BRON= / SINI FIORETINO[line over 'E'] / INVE[line over 'E'].H.COCK / EXCVD.1554 ; lower center, in plate: Cum gratia et privi. / per. An.6. ; lower right, in plate: GEORGIVS / GHISIVS / MNTVANVS / .F.M.D.LIII. ; VERSO, top sheet, lower right, in graphite: DO ; bottom sheet, lower left, in graphite: io ; lower left, in red chalk: 3 II/II
catalogueRaisonne
Lewis&Boorsch 14
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
updatedAt
2026-06-10 19:45:46.899000
sourceId
153271
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Prints
coll
PR - Engraving
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engraving
creatorTags
male
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Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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