The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception

1768/1778

Ubaldo Gandolfi

Associated Names
Ubaldo Gandolfi

Artist, Bolognese, 1728 - 1781

The image shows a figure of a person positioned in a kneeling pose, surrounded by multiple cherubs. The person has long, flowing hair and a serene expression. They are wearing long, flowing robes. The cherubs have curly hair and are holding a garland or wreath. Some are floating on clouds. The background is filled with clouds, creating a heavenly scene. No jewelry is visible on the main figure, but the atmospheric elements enhance the ethereal quality of the setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over red chalk and graphite on cream laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.8 x 21.1 cm (11 3/4 x 8 5/16 in.)
    image: 27.2 x 18.9 cm (10 11/16 x 7 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.111.11

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Gustavo Frizzoni [1840-1919], Bergamo and Milan. Eva Denker-Winkler, Zurich; Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Fünfzig italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts aus der Stiftung Ratjen, Vaduz, Liechtensteinischen Staatlichen Kunstsammlung, Vaduz, 1995, no. 37.

1996

  • Italian Drawings from the Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz. The Frick Collection, New York. Bern 1996, no. 37.

2011

  • Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2011, no. 60.

Bibliography

1989

  • Bagni, Prisco. "Nuove scoperte su Ubaldo Gandolfi." Atti e memorie 24 (nuova serie), 1989: 83, pl. 68.

1990

  • Biagi Maino, Donatella. Ubaldo Gandolfi. Torino, 1990: 89, 93, note 277, under no. 154, pl. xxxv (with incorrect location).

1992

  • Bagni, Prisco. I Gandolfi: affreschi, dipinti, bozzetti, disegni. Bologna(?), 1992: 104, no. 91

1995

  • Disegni emiliani dei secoli XVII-XVIII della Pinacoteca di Brera. Exh. cat. Chiesa di San Giorgio in Poggiale, Bologna. Milan, 1995: 210, under no. 76 (entry by Prisco Bagni).

Inscriptions

verso, top left, graphite: 297 x 21 / GANDOLFI GAETANO; top center, brown ink: P. 8-; upper right, printed stamp adhered, numbered in graphite: 32; lower left, brown ink: Ubaldo Gandolfi; lower center, brown ink: F

Watermarks

anchor in a circle surmounted by a six-pointed star and the letter P below (similar to Heawood 8)

Wikidata ID

Q64633378

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