Depiction in the temple

Title

Depiction in the temple

Draughtsman

• Unknown, 17th century

Inventor

• after Paolo Veronese

Period Produced

• 17th century
• 16th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• lead white
• lead-tin alloy
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• white heightening
• lead-pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• composition study
• copy?
• design for a print?

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (mit Bleistift): Paolo Veronese
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• 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
• Joseph of Nazareth
• Simeon (prophet)
• Anna (prophetess)

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 2, 22-38

Primary

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

Alternative Attribution

• Sebastiano Ricci draughtsman; by note on mount
• Valentin Lefebvre draughtsman; by note on mount