The Presentation in the Temple (The Circumcision)
1739
Artist, British, 1701 - 1780
John Baptist Jackson after Veronese

Artwork overview
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Medium
chiaroscuro woodcut in black [trial proof of key block]
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 48.9 × 38 cm (19 1/4 × 14 15/16 in.)
mount: 56 × 42 cm (22 1/16 × 16 9/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1946.11.73
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Catalogue Raisonné
Kainen 1962, no. 17, State (trial proof of key block)
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Series Title
Opera Selectiora [Kainen 16-32; 1946.11.67-91]
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1957
The Life of Christ in Prints, 14 venue touring exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts (J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, MI; Time, Inc., New York, NY; Washington County Museum, Hagerstown, MD; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO; Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA; Wells College, Aurora, NY; Mississippi Art Association, Jackson, MS; Calgary Allied Arts Centre, Alberta, Canada; Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada; Sackville Art Association, New Brunswick, Canada; and Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada), 1957-1960, no cat.
Bibliography
1962
Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1962.
Wikidata ID
Q65079739