Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple [recto]

Antonio Zanchi, c. 1700

This is a drawing of a group of abstract figures in a grand setting. The artwork shows various figures positioned around a central figure on a raised platform or steps, leading the eye upwards towards a cluster of… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Antonio Zanchi ¹
Date: c. 1700 ¹
Medium: pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk, squared in black chalk, on laid paper ¹
Original: 5,216 × 7,784 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

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