Birth of the Virgin
date: label: Date
content: 1650–75
name: label: After
content: Luca Giordano, Italian, 1634 - 1705
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The virgin is seated on a raised platform in the center. She is holding baby Christ in her arms. Several figures attend to the Virgin, including a woman who kneels before her and washes the new mother's feet in a basin. Another woman is bringing the Virgin a basket of goods, which she carries on top of her head.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-6550
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, black chalk on laid cream paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: 36.4 x 26.9 cm (14 5/16 x 10 9/16 in.)