Art, literature & history
The Birth of the Virgin
1605/1610
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown and red ink with brown and sanguine wash over red chalk, heightened with white gouache and squared in red chalk on laid paper washed ochre
- Dimensions
- sheet: 33.7 x 23.1 cm (13 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2007.111.155
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Ventura Salimbeni. The Birth of the Virgin. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Birth of the Virgin — Ventura Salimbeni. 1605/1610.
Medium: pen and brown and red ink with brown and sanguine wash over red chalk, heightened with white gouache and squared in red chalk on laid paper washed ochre.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 33.7 x 23.1 cm (13 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2007.111.155. Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.