The Virgin and Saint Joseph find Jesus Disputing with the Doctors in the Temple

1555–1629
Not on view
This pictorial oval study is stylistically similar to a sheet in the Louvre (inv.6733), which is a study for an oval fresco in the vault of the last bay to the right of the choir in the right nave of the Piacenza Cathedral.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Virgin and Saint Joseph find Jesus Disputing with the Doctors in the Temple
  • Artist: Camillo Procaccini (Italian, Bologna 1555–1629 Milan)
  • Date: 1555–1629
  • Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, highlighted with white gouache, over charcoal, on brownish paper
  • Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 9 3/4in. (16.8 x 24.7cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Eugene Victor Thaw, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.255
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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