The Ascension of the Virgin

1776

Johann Gottlieb Prestel, after Lodovico Carracci (formerly attributed to Guido Reni)

Associated Names
Johann Gottlieb Prestel

Artist, German, 1739 - 1808

Guido Reni

Artist After, Bolognese, 1575 - 1642

Lodovico Carracci

Artist After, Bolognese, 1555 - 1619

This is a painting of a central figure surrounded by winged cherubs and angels lifting the figure up. Additional figures in robes gesture towards the scene. Classical architecture is visible in the background. This painting is in the style of Guido Reni.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper, laid down on Liechtenstein album page

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 68.7 × 40.6 cm (27 1/16 × 16 in.)
    mount: 74.5 × 51 cm (29 5/16 × 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.91.48

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc 1854 - 1888, no. 36

  • Series Title

    Dessins des meilleurs Peintres d'Italie, d'Allemagne et des Pay-Bas du Cabinet de monsieur Paul de Praun à Nuremberg Gravés d'apres les Originaux de même grandeur (plate 6)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Princes of Liechtenstein, Vaduz. (James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2021

  • Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 36

2021

  • Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 131, fig. 1.

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