The Naming of the Virgin Mary

c. 1690

Marcantonio Franceschini

Associated Names
Marcantonio Franceschini

Artist, Italian, 1648 - 1729

The image depicts several figures in a historical or religious setting. In the center, a bearded man in a long robe and bishop's mitre holds an infant, looking upwards. To his left is another person in a long robe. In the lower right corner, there are kneeling figures including a praying woman, a woman holding an infant, and a man with his hand on his chest. A standing woman holds a child and gestures towards the center. The sky above has clouds, cherubs, and angels, some holding an object with "MARIA" inscribed on it. The background features architectural elements and figures in draped clothing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray wash over black chalk

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 47 × 28.5 cm (18 1/2 × 11 1/4 in.)
    mount: 57.2 × 40.2 cm (22 1/2 × 15 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.160.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Miller 2001, no. undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

A late 18th-century English collection, with mount and inscriptions. (P. & D. Colnaghi, London, with number D27714). Raine, Countess Spencer [1929 - 2016], London; (her sale, Christie's, London, 17 July 2017, no. 43); ( Nicolas Schwed, Paris); purchased by NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2001

  • Miller, Dwight C. Marcantonio Franceschini. Turin, 2001: undesc.

Inscriptions

By the artist, in the disc held by angels, Maria; by a later hand at lower left in pen and black ink, Marc'Antonio Franceschini. On the mount, in an 18th-century hand, Marc Anthonio Franceschin; and P No. 46; and, He was pupil of a scholar of Carlo Cignani ,/ This drawing much of his manner / a true & compleat Drawing and /..Specimen of the master / a Scholar of Carlo Cignani / a true Drawing of a master / very fine.

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