The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple

1790/1795

Antonio Cavallucci

Associated Names
Antonio Cavallucci

Artist, Italian, 1752 - 1795

This is a drawing of a classical scene with an architectural backdrop. The scene depicts figures in flowing robes interacting, set against columns and steps suggesting a classical or historical theme. The architectural elements imply a temple or significant structure. The drawing uses lines and shading to convey depth and detail.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk with pen and brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white gouache on laid paper washed light green-blue

  • Credit Line

    Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 24.9 x 33.4 cm (9 13/16 x 13 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.111.57

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Stephan List, Munich. 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. 12.

1996

  • Italian Drawings from the Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz. The Frick Collection, New York. Bern, 1996: no. 50.

2011

  • Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2011, no. 64.

Bibliography

1982

  • 25 Ausgewählte Italienische Zeichnungen des 16.-18. Jahrhunderts. Kunstantiquariat Stephan List, Munich (January 1982): no. 4 (as Francesco Salviati).

1998

  • Sestieri, Giancarlo. "Cavallucci disegnatore," in Anna Forlani Tempesta and Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodinò, Per Luigi Grassi, Disegno e Disegni. Rimini, 1998: 482-483, 488, fig. 6.

Watermarks

[undeciphered]

Wikidata ID

Q64536271

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