The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple
c. 1600
Artist, Italian, probably 1535 - 1612

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil over graphite heightened with white, on laid paper; laid down
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 39.8 x 33.9 cm (15 11/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
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Accession
2006.11.4
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Possibly Giorgio Lavalas, Urbino; unidentified collector (similar to Lugt 2883); (William H. Schab Gallery, New York); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, 1977; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1974
Master Prints and Drawings from the Fifteenth to the Twentieth Centuries. William H. Schab Gallery, New York, 1974, no. 1 (as Barocci).
1978
The Graphic Art of Federico Barocci: Selected Drawings and Prints. Cleveland Museum of Art and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1978, no. 67 (as Barocci)(cat. by Edmund P. Pillsbury and Louise S. Richards).
1983
Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection. J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu; Kimbell Art Museum, Dallas; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1983-84, no. 24 (as Barocci)(cat. by George Goldner).
1986
Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 35 (as Barocci).
Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner. Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1986, 248, no. VI, color reprod. p. XX (as Barocci).
1987
Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, 88-89, no. 25 (as Barocci).
1990
Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 33 (as Barocci).
1995
The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 62 (entry by Diane De Grazia)
2006
Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007 (no cat.).
2017
The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.
Bibliography
1987
Melikian, Souren. "A Master Collector. Ian Woodner: An Eye for the Future." Art & Auction 10, no. 4 (November 1987): 85, repro. p. 84 (as Barocci).
1995
The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 62.
2012
Bohn, Babette. "Drawing as Artistic Invention: Federico Barocci and the Art of Design." In exh. cat. Federico Barocci, Renaissance Master of Color and Line. Saint Louis Art Museum, 2012, 55 (fig. 37), 56 (as Barocci).
Inscriptions
lower right in pen and brown ink: Ba.... (abraded)
Wikidata ID
Q64536818