The Presentation in the Temple, 1785/1795

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash over charcoal and black chalk, and over some stylus lines with ruler and compass for architecture

Dimensions

sheet: 49.1 x 38.5 cm (19 5/16 x 15 3/16 in.)
image: 47 x 36.3 cm (18 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2007.111.171

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (artist) Venetian, 1727 - 1804

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right, brown ink, signed: Dom.o Tiepolo f

Provenance

(sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 26 June 1913, no. 110); Henri Goudechaux, Paris; (Thomas le Claire, Hamburg); Wolfgang Ratjen [1943-1997], Vaduz and Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Drouot, Hôtel
Goudechaux, Henri
Stiftung Ratjen
le Claire, Thomas

Exhibition History

1995: Fünfzig italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts aus der Stiftung Ratjen, Vaduz. Liechtensteinischen Staatlichen Kunstsammlung, Vaduz. Bern, 1995, no. 42.

1996: Italian Drawings from the Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz. The Frick Collection, New York. Bern, 1996, no. 42.

2006: Domenico Tiepolo, A New Testament, The Frick Collection, New York. Bloomington, IN, 2006, 152, 735, no. 41, and 797, under no. 232 (Adelheid Gealt and George Knox).

2011: Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2011, no. 63.

2014: The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 115.

Bibliography

1987: Thomas Le Claire Kunsthandel, IV, Handzeichnungen und Aquarelle, 1500-1900. Hamburg, 1987: 82-83, no. 40.

1995: Lachenmann, David. Fünfzig italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts aus der Stiftung Ratjen, Vaduz. Vaduz, 1995: no. 42.

1996: Lachenmann, David. Italian Drawings from the Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz. Exh. cat. The Frick Collection, New York. Bern, 1996: no. 42.

2006: Gealt, Adelheid M. and George Knox. Domenico Tiepolo: A New Testament." Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press (2006): 152-153, 735, 797, under no. 232.

2011: Italian Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection 1525-1835. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2011: 144-145.