Vision of the Immaculate Conception

1732

Giuseppe Palmieri

Associated Names
Giuseppe Palmieri

Artist, Italian, 1674 - 1740

The image features a central figure standing on a cloud, surrounded by angelic beings and an ethereal landscape. The figure stands upright with hands clasped in prayer, gazing upwards. This person has delicate facial features and curly hair. Draped in flowing robes, the figure exudes a sense of majesty. Encircling them are several angels; one hovers above holding a celestial sphere, while another supports the figure from below. Overhead, a bearded man is seated on a cloud with swirling drapery. The scene is framed by a backdrop of clouds and a bright light in the upper left corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush with brown wash, pen and brown ink, and white heightening over black chalk on coarse laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Andrea Woodner Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 66 × 48.9 cm (26 × 19 1/4 in.)
    framed: 97.16 × 76.84 cm (38 1/4 × 30 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.73.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Christies, London, 2 July 1996, no. 183, as "attributed to Giuseppe Palmieri"). (Mia N. Weiner, Norfolk, CT); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2020

  • A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, 2020 (shown only in Washington, Washington venue canceled).

Bibliography

2017

  • Bober, Jonathan. "Giuseppe Palmieri. _Vision of the Immaculate Conception." National Gallery of Art Bulletin no. 57 (Fall 2017): 25-26 (color).

Wikidata ID

Q64572498

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