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The Visitation, 1735

Not on View

Medium

chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks in yellow, buff, brown, and gray on laid paper

Dimensions

image: 36.3 x 26.3 cm (14 5/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

sheet: 38 x 28 cm (14 15/16 x 11 in.)

Credit Line

Accession Number

2012.92.535

Artists / Makers

John Baptist Jackson (artist) English, 1701 - c. 1780

Annibale Carracci (artist after) Bolognese, 1560 - 1609

Image Use

upper right in image: A. Caratius Pinx.t. / J: B: Jackson Fecit / VENEZIA 1735

Mary Jordan Collection. [1] (Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C. purchased October 20, 1986; Gift to NGA, 2012.

[1] According to the donor's collection list for Jackson woodcuts, a great number came from the Mary Jordan Collection.

Jordan, Mary
Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.
Mulder, Frederick, Mr.

1962: Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington, 1962: no. 9

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