The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception (verso)

1764

Martin Johann Schmidt

Associated Names
Martin Johann Schmidt

Artist, Austrian, 1718 - 1801

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Diane A. Nixon

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23.8 × 12.5 cm (9 3/8 × 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.91.1.b

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Feuchtmüller 1989, no. 219

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Associated Artworks

This is a drawing depicting a scene with various symbolic elements. The composition includes a figure dressed in flowing garments standing on a globe-like sphere. Celestial beings and clouds surround the central figure, with a hand emerging from the clouds above and a descending dove nearby. On the left, there is a cherubic figure resting on a platform or altar. To the lower right, a star-like shape radiates light. At the base, there is a skeletal figure and a reclined person. The color palette is monochromatic with light washes and expressive linework.

The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception (recto)

Martin Johann Schmidt

1764

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Manning Collection, New York. (Arnoldi-Livie, Munich); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q64596741

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