A Procession of the Madonna di San Luca

French 18th Century

Associated Names
French 18th Century

Artist

This is a drawing of a ceremonial procession inside a grand hall. The image shows a crowded scene in a large room, with a tall central pillar and a prominent framed artwork hanging on the far wall, around which the spectators are gathered. The ink and brushwork are used to convey the gathering of figures and the architectural elements with great detail. Ornamental decorations and a floral garland frame the central image. The overall composition creates a balanced representation of an elaborate gathering or procession inside a stately room.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on wove paper, tipped down on another sheet with a border drawn in pen and black in, graphite and gray wash

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 9.7 x 15.4 cm (3 13/16 x 6 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.18

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Christie, Mason & Woods, London, 24 June 1982, no. 163, as Italian School, circa 1790); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 174 (color).

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower center in pen and brown ink: Processione della Madonna di San Luca; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 37; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: B; by later hand, center on mount verso in graphite: 13 / C de la Fosse / French. 18. cent.

Wikidata ID

Q64570794

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