Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A midwife wrapping the Virgin Mary in swaddling clothes after receiving her first bath; Anne is recuperating in bed. Engraving by C. Faucci, 1764, after G.B. Cipriani after Pietro da Cortona.
A midwife wrapping the Virgin Mary in swaddling clothes after receiving her first bath; Anne is recuperating in bed. Engraving by C. Faucci, 1764, after G.B. Cipriani after Pietro da Cortona.
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A midwife wrapping the Virgin Mary in swaddling clothes after receiving her first bath; Anne is recuperating in bed. Engraving by C. Faucci, 1764, after G.B. Cipriani after Pietro da Cortona.

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/64572 · 1764

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Lettering: The birth of the Virgin. From the original picture painted by Pietro da Cortona in the collection of Rob.t Cary esq. Size of the picture 1f. 81/2i. by 2f. 5i. in height. Pietro da Cortona pinxt. Joan: Baptista de Cipriani del. Carlo Fauccÿ sculpt.

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