The Frescoes of Giotto Illustrating the Lives of the Virgin and Our Saviour
Arundel Society..
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1853
Materials
paper
Measurements
589 x 446 mm
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 581543
Summary
This is a continuation of prints from WAL/B/146 published by the Arundel Society. There are twenty four items in this folder including (a) the birth of the Virgin (published in 1853) (b) photograph of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's 'The Girlhood of Mary Virgin' (c) prints of a religious nature. The prints show the paintings executed by Giotto in the Cappella degli Scrovegni at Padua about 1305; which depict the lives of the Virgin and of Christ. These items are not individually numbered.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Makers and roles
Arundel Society.., engraver and publisher