Ordination

c. 1650

Jean Dughet, after Nicolas Poussin

Associated Names
Jean Dughet

Artist, French, 1614 - 1676

Nicolas Poussin

Artist After, French, 1594 - 1665

This is a drawing of a group of figures gathered in a landscape. The description includes detailed depictions of numerous individuals clothed in robes, animated in various postures and gestures as they interact with each other. The scene is set in an architectural environment with classical buildings in the background, featuring domes, columns, and bridges. The sky is filled with clouds, providing a textured backdrop. The composition captures a moment of dialogue and engagement among the individuals, where one figure appears to be addressing the group with a raised hand. The artists' technique emphasizes line drawing in a monochromatic palette with fine attention to detail in both the figures and the architectural elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with engraving on two sheets of laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 51.9 × 66.6 cm (20 7/16 × 26 1/4 in.) trimmed within platemark
    mount: 63 × 80.7 cm (24 13/16 × 31 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.102.6


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 7-8 June 1996, no. 5332, prints from a dilapidated album); (James Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA, 1996); purchased by NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Nic. Poussin Inventor; lower center in image: 6o; lower right in pen and ink: 68.

Watermarks

single-encircled anchor surmounted by a star and flanked by a ‘C’ or ‘G’ and ‘A’ and single-encircled anchor surmounted by a star and flanked by a ‘C’ or ‘G’ and ‘A’


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