Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (Left Panel)

1742

John Baptist Jackson, after Titian

Associated Names
John Baptist Jackson

Artist, British, 1701 - 1780

Titian

Artist After, Venetian, 1488/1490 - 1576

The image depicts a group of people standing outdoors. They are arranged in a line parallel to an architectural structure with arches. Some individuals are wearing headgear, cloaks, and robes suggesting a historical or ceremonial context. Facial features vary, with some having beards and mustaches. Hair is styled in a past era manner, with some wearing caps or turbans. Clothing styles consist of layered garments and draped cloaks. The background shows a pyramid-like structure with a sphere on top, against a mountainous landscape. Stylized clouds fill the sky. An inscription at the bottom provides additional context or dedication.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks in umber, gray, and two shades of brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 56 x 39 cm (22 1/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 59.5 x 43 cm (23 7/16 x 16 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.531

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kainen 1962, no. 25

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary Jordan Collection. [1] (Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, Los Angeles); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased 1986; Gift to NGA, 2012.

[1] According to the donor's collection list for Jackson woodcuts, a great number came from the Mary Jordan Collection.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1962

  • Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington, 1962: no. 25

Inscriptions

lower left in image: Opus hoc admiratione sane dignum... / ...J: B: Jackson delineavit, excudit, et exsculpsit. 1742.

Wikidata ID

Q76557113

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