A Vision of Christ and the Madonna. In the foreground a kneeling young man

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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 32 x 22,8 cm

Inventory numberNMH 558/1863

AcqusitionTransferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum (Carl Gustaf Tessin)

Other titlesTitle (sv): En ung man knäböjer inför en uppenbarelse av Kristus och Madonnan Title (en): A Vision of Christ and the Madonna. In the foreground a kneeling young man Inventory title (sv): Frälsaren och Madonnan omgifna af tillbedjande och Englar.

DescriptionDescription: A Vision of Christ and the Madonna. In the foreground a kneeling young man. No watermark. Numbered at lower right in pen and brown ink. 474 (Sparre) and [cancelled]: 4. Arslan has suggested a date around 1650, comparing our sheet with a drawing in Windsor Castle for a fresco in Palazzo Costaguti, Rome, of Bacchus and Ariadne, which has been dated by Harris to 1648; a date about 1650 is confirmed by the drawings style. The upper part of the composition implies knowledge of a drawing by Lodovico Carracci, the Vision of St Francis, as the pose of Christ and the Virgin is almost identical. The kneeling figure has laid down his armour in front of him, obviously intent on following a religious vocation. No related painting is known. [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 774]

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MaterialInk, Paper, Red crayon (Crayon)

TechniqueDrawing, Wash drawing