Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash over red chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 30.4 x 25.1 cm (11 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

Accession Number

2009.70.29

Artists / Makers

Ludovico Cardi called Cigoli (artist) Italian, 1559 - 1613

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower left in pen and brown ink: Solidari; by later hand, lower right in graphite: D27609 / 4 (in circle); by later hand on mount, center verso in graphite: CHRIST DRIVING MONEY-CHANGERS FROM THE TEMPLE / BY / LODOVICO CARDI (CALLED CIGOLI) / (1559-1613) / COLLECTION: -RICHARD COSWAY

Provenance

Richard Cosway [1740-1821], London (Lugt 628); (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London, by 1964); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1964 (as Cigoli); Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., P. & D.
Cosway, Richard
McCrindle, Joseph F.

Exhibition History

1964: Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London, 1964, no. 71 (as Cigoli).

1975: Drawings: Techniques and Types, The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1975, 6, no. A 9(a) (as Cigoli).

Bibliography

2012: Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 179 (color).