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    Presentation in the Temple
    Pietro Antonio di Pietri. Presentation in the Temple, c. 1710. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00002552

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    Presentation in the Temple

    by Pietro Antonio di Pietri

    Provenance

    Jonathan Richardson, Jr. (1694-1771), London [Lugt 2170]. Benjamin West (1738-1820), London [Lugt 419]. Sold by Nathan Chaikin, Vaud, Switzerland, to the Art Institute, 1972.

    Exhibition history

    The Art Institute of Chicago, "151 Italian Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago," 1979-1980, cat. 93, cat. by Harold Joachim and Suzanne Folds McCullagh; also traveled to Washington D.C., the National Gallery of Art. The Art Institute of Chicago, "Great Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago: The Harold Joachim Years 1958-1983," July 24-September 30, 1985, pp. 64-65, cat. 23 (ill.), cat. by Martha Tedeschi; traveled to The St. Louis Art Museum, March 1-May 16, 1986.

    Publications

    Nicholas Turner, Roman Baroque Drawings c. 1620 to c. 1700 (London, 1999), p. 175. Harold Joachim, Italian Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries and Spanish Drawings of the 17th through 19th Centuries (Chicago, 1980), no. 1G2.

    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Pietro Antonio di Pietri / Italian, 1663-1716
    Date
    c. 1710
    Medium
    Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk
    Dimensions
    40.7 × 27.2 cm (16 1/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
    Type
    Drawing
    Classification
    pen and ink drawings
    Place
    Italy
    Department
    Prints and Drawings
    Credit line
    Purchased from Nathan Chaikin, Vaud, Switzerland. Worcester Sketch Fund income
    Accession no.
    1972.323

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