The Transfiguration

c. 1590

Camillo Procaccini

Associated Names
Camillo Procaccini

Artist, Italian, 1561 - 1629

The image is an etching featuring three standing figures and three kneeling figures, all shown from head to toe. The central standing figure appears elevated, with an aura around the head. The other two standing figures have more defined facial features and wear flowing garments. The kneeling figures display expressive postures with raised arms and tilted heads. They also have detailed facial features and wear robes with fabric folds. The background is textured, with hints of clouds and beams.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 58 × 34.8 cm (22 13/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1972.33.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 4, State i

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 93.

2006

  • "The Early Modern Painter-Etcher", Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, 2006, no. 11.

2012

  • The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 2012

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Wikidata ID

Q65566363

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