# Birth of the Virgin

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Mural

## Commentary

The Birth of the Virgin is the main altarpiece in the Cappella Chigi, the funerary chapel of the Chigi family. The mural was begun by Sebastiano del Piombo in 1530 but it was left unfinished in 1534. Work on the chapel resumed in 1548 when Francesco Salviati was commissioned to create frescoes on the drum and the spandrels, although Raphael intended mosaics on these surfaces. He also completed the mural above the main altar.

## Related artworks

- [A Young Roman Woman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/a-young-roman-woman-rbdf941de815dff>)
- [Christ Carrying the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/christ-carrying-the-cross-r930a6e11eeaa91>)
- [Christ Descends into Limbo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/christ-descends-into-limbo-r67abfcf107b5a0>)
- [Death of Adonis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/death-of-adonis-rd06fa218239d62>)
- [Flagellation of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/flagellation-of-christ-r5fa3fe5e51796c>)
- [Holy Family with a Donor and the Infant St John \(recto\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/holy-family-with-a-donor-and-the-infant-st-john-recto-rb128e57b36a76c>)
- [Lamentation of Christ \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/lamentation-of-christ-detail-r8ef661d95e69ab>)
- [Lamentation of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/lamentation-of-christ-r7637c9f1e09edf>)
- [Martyrdom of St Agatha](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/martyrdom-of-st-agatha-rc4152ba4481fd7>)
- [Pietà](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/piet-rf59cc20b6dcea6>)
- [Polyphemus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/polyphemus-r34697eb7cdbb1e>)
- [Pope Clement VII](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/pope-clement-vii-rc51671babb7034>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)