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Infant Jesus in the Temple

Woodcut
1742 (made), 1745 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The infant Jesus brought by the Virgin Mary to the High Priest in the Temple; After Titian; Chiaroscuro woodcut print on paper; On three sheets; Inscribed, 'J. B. Jackson, delineavit, excudit, et exsculpsit, 1742'.
One of a set of subjects on twenty-four large woodcuts in chiaroscuro, published at Venice by Giovanni Battista in 1745, entitled 'Titiani Vecelii, Pauli Caliarii, Jacobi Robusti, et Jacobi de Ponte, opera selectiora a Joanne Baptista Jackson Anglo, ligno cœlata, et coloribus adumbrata'.

Object details

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Object type
Titles
  • Infant Jesus in the Temple
  • Titiani Vecelii, Pauli Caliarii, Jacobi Robusti, et Jacobi de Ponte, opera selectiora a Joanne Baptista Jackson Anglo, ligno cœlata, et coloribus adumbrata (series title)
Materials and techniques
chiaroscuro woodcut print on paper
Brief description
Infant Jesus in the Temple; After Titian; Chiaroscuro woodcut print on paper; In three sheets; By John Baptist Jackson; English School; 1742; One of a set of subjects on twenty-four large woodcuts in chiaroscuro, published at Venice by Giovanni Battista in 1745.
Physical description
The infant Jesus brought by the Virgin Mary to the High Priest in the Temple; After Titian; Chiaroscuro woodcut print on paper; On three sheets; Inscribed, 'J. B. Jackson, delineavit, excudit, et exsculpsit, 1742'.
One of a set of subjects on twenty-four large woodcuts in chiaroscuro, published at Venice by Giovanni Battista in 1745, entitled 'Titiani Vecelii, Pauli Caliarii, Jacobi Robusti, et Jacobi de Ponte, opera selectiora a Joanne Baptista Jackson Anglo, ligno cœlata, et coloribus adumbrata'.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'J. B. Jackson, delineavit, excudit, et exsculpsit, 1742' (Inscribed.)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
One of set of subjects on twenty-four large woodcuts in chiaroscuro, published at Venice by Giovanni Battista in 1745, entitled 'Titiani Vecelii, Pauli Caliarii, Jacobi Robusti, et Jacobi de Ponte, opera selectiora a Joanne Baptista Jackson Anglo, ligno cœlata, et coloribus adumbrata'.
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum : Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1874.
Other number
18 - Nagler. <u>Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon</u>. München, 1835-1852.
Collection
Accession number
DYCE.2675

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Record createdApril 13, 2010
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