About the Artwork
Nativity
ca. 1801
Correggio (Artist) Italian, ca. 1489-1534 Michael Sloane (Artist) English
Stipple engraving printed in black ink on wove paper
Plate: 25 7/8 × 19 inches (65.7 × 48.3 cm) Sheet: 26 1/4 × 19 1/4 inches (66.7 × 48.9 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S1112
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Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Painted by Corregio-Drawn by Nichrigall Inscribed, lower right: and Engraved by Mich. Sloane. Inscribed, center lower margin: THE NATIVITY. | From the Original Picture in the Royal Gallery of Dresden | London, Published Jan 1. 1802, by Messrs. Schiavonetti No 12 Michels Place Brompton Inscribed, in pencil, lower left corner: no 1112
Provenance
June 1889, G. Claus (Dresden, Germany).Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Michael Sloane; after Correggio, Nativity, ca. 1801, stipple engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1112.
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