The Immaculate Conception

Pietro Antonio Novelli

Associated Names
Pietro Antonio Novelli

Artist, Venetian, 1729 - 1804

The image features three individuals in a line drawing within an arched frame. The central figure stands slightly elevated, hands on chest, with a halo of stars around their head. They wear draped robes. Flanking them are two seated individuals, one with curly hair and a beard holding a slender object, and the other with a tonsured hairstyle in a prayerful pose wearing monastic robes. The background shows minimalist outlines of clouds or mist.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (rounded top): 28.4 x 15.1 cm (11 3/16 x 5 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.179

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jean Willems, Brussels. (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London). 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: 181 (color).

Inscriptions

by the artist, along bottom in pen and black ink: Pala per il N. U. Marchese Gio. Batta Manzoni / a Sarego in vicentina alta Piedi 6 1/2 e larga Pi 3

Wikidata ID

Q64619670

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