The Immaculate Conception

1740s

Johann Georg Bergmüller

Associated Names
Johann Georg Bergmüller

Artist, German, 1688 - 1762

This is a drawing of several figures among clouds. The central figure is a robed figure seated on clouds, surrounded by smaller winged figures. The composition features flowing drapery and various posed figures. The background is filled with additional figures emerging or dissolving into the clouds. The blue-gray palette gives a serene quality to the image. The figures are detailed with attention to expressions and posture. The lower section of the drawing is inscribed.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray wash, heightened and corrected with white and blue gouache over graphite on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33 x 19.1 cm (13 x 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.111.52

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Heinrich Wallraff (1858-1930), Nuremberg. (sale, Helmut Tenner, Heidelberg 6-8 May 1976, no. 5127). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Johann Georg Bergmüller 1688 - 1762, Die Zeichnungen, Salzburger Barockmuseum; Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, 3. Dezember 2004 - 17. April 2005: 106, 147, no. 32.

2010

  • German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010: 80-81, no. 15.

Inscriptions

at bottom left in brown ink signed: JGBergmüller Fecit.; verso: [illeg.]

Wikidata ID

Q64581965

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