The Descent from the Cross
1568/1569
Artist, Italian, probably 1535 - 1612
Artwork overview
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Medium
black with stumping, heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper, partially incised for transfer
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 36.4 x 21.4 cm (14 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
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Accession
2007.111.46
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Unknown private collector (the so-called "double-numbering collector"). P. O. Dubaut, Paris (1886 - 1968). (Hans Calmann [1899-1982], London); Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1978
The Graphic Art of Federico Barocci, Selected Drawings and Prints. Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1978, no. 20.
1995
Fünfzig italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts aus der Stiftung Ratjen, Vaduz, Liechtensteinischen Staatlichen Kunstsammlung, Vaduz, 1995, no. 14.
1996
Italian Drawings from the Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz, The Frick Collection, New York. Bern, 1996, no. 14.
2011
Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2011, no. 8.
Bibliography
1978
Smith, Graham. Review: Federico Barocci at Cleveland and New Haven, The Burlington Magazine 120, no. 902 (May 1978): 333.
2008
Emiliani, Andrea. _Federico Barocci (Urbino, 1535-1612). 2 vols. Ancona, 2008, 1: 211, no. 22.33 (not reproduced).
Inscriptions
At upper left in brown ink: 17[8], and at lower right: centosettant'ott[o] (by the Double-numbering Collector); at bottom in brown ink: p. Schizzo della deposizione di croce f...da federico Baroz.../per Senigall...
Wikidata ID
Q64561230