The Assumption of the Virgin

c. 1667

Baldassare Franceschini

Associated Names
Baldassare Franceschini

Artist, Florentine, 1611 - 1689

The image displays swirling and curved lines creating an abstract composition. In the center, there is a figure wrapped in flowing fabric or flames, with a gesture suggesting movement. The lines can evoke a windswept cloak or chaotic fire around the figure, giving a sense of motion and energy. The figures are sketch-like, appearing like ghostly images floating among swirling clouds or smoke.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hans Calmann [1899-1982], London. Herbert List [1903-1975], Munich (Lugt 4063);Ursula and Adolf Ratjen, Vaduz, for Wolfgang Ratjen; Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • Stiftung Ratjen. Italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts. Graphische Sammlung, Munich; Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf; Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart. Munich, 1977, 118-119, no. 53 (entry by Matthias Winner).

1979

  • Zeichnungen Italienischer Meister aus den Sammlungen Schloss Fachsenfeld, Stiftung Ratjen Vaduz, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München. Kunstmuseum Lucerne, 1979, no. 131.

1995

  • Fünfzig italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts aus der Stiftung Ratjen, Vaduz. Liechtensteinischen Staatlichen Kunstsammlung, Vaduz. Bern, 1995, no. 25.

1996

  • Italian Drawings from the Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz. The Frick Collection, New York. Bern, 1996, no. 25.

2011

  • Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2011, no. 38.

Bibliography

1978

  • Cantelli, Giuseppe. "I disegni fiorentini della Biblioteca Marucelliana di Firenze."
    Biennale Internazionale della Grafica d'Arte 6, no. 1 (November-December 1978): 39, under no. 50.

1986

  • Guidi, Giuliana, and Daniela Marcucci, eds. Il Seicento fiorentino: Arte a Firenze da Ferdinando I a Cosimo III. 3 vols. Exh. cat. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1986: 2:343, 346, under nos. 2.311 and 2.314 (entries by Maria Cecilia Fabbri).

1988

  • Die florentinischen Zeichnungen des Seicento. Frankfurter Kunstverein. Florence, 1988: 264, under no. 143.

1992

  • Goldner, George, Lee Hendrix, and Kelly Pask. European Drawings 2, Catalogue of the Collections. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1992: 128, under no. 50.

  • Birke, Veronika, and Janine Kertész. Die italienischen Zeichnungen der Albertina, Generalverzeichnis. 4 vols. Vienna, 1992-1997, 4: 2271, 2292, under Inv. 23896 and 23929.

1994

  • Brink, Sonja. Italienische Zeichnungen des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts. Kunsthalle Bremen, 1994: 120, under no. 55.

2005

  • Merz, Jörg Martin. Pietro da Cortona und sein Kreis. Die Zeichnungen in Düsseldorf. Munich, 2005: 22, 23, 255, 438 note 128, fig. 15.

Inscriptions

lower right, black chalk, 75; verso a red chalk sketch of a man looking upward

Wikidata ID

Q64537113

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