Ceiling Design with the Presentation in the Temple

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Artist: Gregorio de' Ferrari (Italian, Porto Maurizio 1647–1726 Genoa)
Date: 1647–1726
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over traces of black chalk, on blue-gray paper
Dimensions: 20-3/4 x 16-1/4 in. (52.7 x 41.3 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1955
Accession no.: 55.628.8

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.