The Naming of the Virgin Mary

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.

The Naming of the Virgin Mary

Franceschini, Marcantonio

c. 1690

Accession Number

2018.160.1

Medium

pen and brown ink with gray wash over black chalk

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.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund