Nativity (Nativitas Domini Nostri Jesu Christi)
Louis Sommerau, German, 1756 - 1786
after Raphael, Italian, 1483 - 1520
1779
Engraving on laid paper
Plate: 10 1/4 × 13 in. (26 × 33 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/16 × 13 3/4 in. (29 × 35 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift in memory of Mrs. Harvey Fisk by her children
PR.974.507
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, lower left: Raphael Sanctius pinx.; lower right: L Sommerau del. scul. Romae 1779; lower center: NATIVITAS DOMINI NOSTRI JESU CHRISTI; upper right: No. 1.
Provenance
Elizabeth Richmond Fisk (1885-1966) [Mrs. Harvey Edward Fisk], Woodstock, Vermont; to her children, Elizabeth Fisk Tyler (1912-1978), Margaretta Fisk Paine (1915-1952); Ursula Fisk Clough (1917-1989), and Anne Fisk Howe (1921-2001), 1966; given to present collection, 1974.
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