Studies of an Apostle Guided by an Angel and the Adoration of the Shepherds

1720/1750

Agostino Masucci

Artist, Roman, 1691 - 1758

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    album page with four drawings in various media

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    mount: 46.1 x 29.4 cm (18 1/8 x 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.163

Associated Artworks

See all 4 artworks

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Agostino Masucci

1691

An Apostle Guided by an Angel

Agostino Masucci

1691

An Apostle Guided by an Angel

Agostino Masucci

1691

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir Robert L. Mond [1867-1938], London (Lugt 2813a) as by Carlo Maratta; sale, Christie's, London, 7 July 1959, lot 139; (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London [stock no. A23760 CO, written at lower right in graphite on the mount]); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1959; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 84-85, no. 31 (entry by Lara Langer).

Bibliography

1938

  • Borenius, Tancred. Catalogue of the collection of drawings by the old masters formed by Sir Robert Mond. London, 1938: 36, no. 150 as by Carlo Maratta.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower center in pen and brown ink: Carlo Maratti; by later hand, lower right in graphite: A23760 CO; by later hand, center verso in graphite: 374 (scratched out) / 389

Watermarks

on the secondary sheet, a large crowned armorial with a fleur-de-lys in the center and a tassel hanging below over the initials J H & Z (very similar to Heawood no. 1860; Bern, 1779).

Wikidata ID

Q64533482

You may be interested in

Loading Results