Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (Right Panel)

1742

John Baptist Jackson, after Titian

Associated Names
John Baptist Jackson

Artist, British, 1701 - 1780

Titian

Artist After, Venetian, 1488/1490 - 1576

This is a drawing of a group of individuals standing on a grand staircase leading to an architectural space with columns. The individuals are wearing robes. One figure seems to be gesturing or speaking. The scene includes intricate details like the capitals of the columns. There is a basket with eggs and a plaque with Latin inscription below.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks in umber, gray, and two shades of brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 56 x 39 cm (22 1/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 59.8 x 46.8 cm (23 9/16 x 18 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.666

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kainen 1962, no. 25 (right panel)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary Jordan Collection. [1] (Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, Los Angeles); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased 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.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1962

  • Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington, 1962: no. 25

Wikidata ID

Q76557628

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