The Descent from the Cross, 1568/1569

Not on View

Medium

black with stumping, heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper, partially incised for transfer

Dimensions

overall: 36.4 x 21.4 cm (14 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2007.111.46

Artists / Makers

Federico Barocci (artist) Italian, probably 1535 - 1612

Image Use

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Inscription

At upper left in brown ink: 17[8], and at lower right: centosettant'ott[o] (by the Double-numbering Collector); at bottom in brown ink: p. Schizzo della deposizione di croce f...da federico Baroz.../per Senigall...

Provenance

Unknown private collector (the so-called "double-numbering collector"). P. O. Dubaut, Paris (1886 - 1968). (Hans Calmann [1899-1982], London); Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Calmann, Hans M.
Dubaut, Pierre Olivier
Stiftung Ratjen

Exhibition History

1978: The Graphic Art of Federico Barocci, Selected Drawings and Prints. Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1978, no. 20.

1995: Fünfzig italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts aus der Stiftung Ratjen, Vaduz, Liechtensteinischen Staatlichen Kunstsammlung, Vaduz, 1995, no. 14.

1996: Italian Drawings from the Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz, The Frick Collection, New York. Bern, 1996, no. 14.

2011: Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2011, no. 8.

Bibliography

1978: Smith, Graham. Review: Federico Barocci at Cleveland and New Haven, The Burlington Magazine 120, no. 902 (May 1978): 333.

2008: Emiliani, Andrea. Federico Barocci (Urbino, 1535-1612). 2 vols. Ancona, 2008, 1: 211, no. 22.33 (not reproduced).