M0013520: Painting of the virgin birth

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Birth of the Virgin by Carpaccio, showing bath.

Photograph of a painting by Carpaccio of the virgin birth showing child's bath in the foreground, 13th century. The original painting is held by the Gallery Carrara Bergamo. This reproduction was made from Muellerheim, Robert: Die Wochenstube in der Kunst : eine kulturhistorische Studie, Stuttgart : Verlag von Ferdinand Enke, 1904. Related images: M0013495, M0013496, M0013497, M0013498, M0013499, M0013500, M0013501, M0013502, M0013507, M0013508, M0013509, M0013510, M0013511, M0013512, M0013513, M0013514, M0013515, M0013516, M0013518, M0013519, M0013493, M0013521

July 1954

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication from which the image depicted in the glass plate negative has been reproduced.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.