Offering (?)

Title

Offering (?)

Draughtsman

• Carlo Maratti ?

Recto

Farmers harvesting fruit

Period Produced

• 17th century
• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• opaque white
• Vergé paper

Technique

• brush drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Roman

Production Reason

• composition study

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten rechts (von späterer Hand, mit der Feder in Grau): Maratti / Verte
Oben links Stempel der Sammlung Rudolf Philipp Goldschmidt, Berlin (Lugt 2926)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• Anna (prophetess)

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 2,22-24

Primary

• 73B4(+2) presentation of the Christ-child in the temple, usually Simeon (and Anna) present (Luke 2:22-39) (+ Mary)
• 11G(+2) angels (+ Mary)

Alternative Attribution

• Januarius Zick ? draughtsman; by note on mount