The Crowning of the Virgin

1768

Martin Johann Schmidt

Associated Names
Martin Johann Schmidt

Artist, Austrian, 1718 - 1801

This is a drawing of a celestial scene with figures and angels. In the image, there is a composition showing a divine event among the clouds. Several angelic beings surround a central figure who is being crowned. Above, there is a triangular representation with an eye. The figures are shown with flowing drapery, giving the composition movement. Crosshatching and line work add texture and depth to the drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Alessandra Manning Dolnier

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.18 × 11.11 cm (9 1/8 × 4 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 32.39 × 22.7 cm (12 3/4 × 8 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.113.47

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Garzarolli-Thurnlackh 1925, no. 15

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Probably William E. Suida [1]; by descent Robert and Bertina Suida Manning, Forest Hills, NY; by descent Alessandra Manning and Kurt Dolnier, Watertown, CT, 1996; Gift to NGA, 2018
[1] per Alessandra Manning Dolnier

Associated Names

Bibliography

1925

  • Karl Garzarolli-Thurnlackh. Das graphische Werk Martin Johann Schmidt's. Zurich, 1925: no. 15.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Martin Joa. Schmidt fecit 1768; lower center in plate: Krönung Mariä / Ein plat auf den Sontagberg in Oeßterreich 18. Schuch hoch.; lower left corner verso by later hand in graphite: 15

Wikidata ID

Q77260959

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