The Presentation of the Child
date: label: Date
content: 1820–1850
name: label: Artist
content: Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Simeon, and two companions, stands at right, on steps, extending his arms toward the Child brought by the Virgin. She is followed by Joseph with the two doves. Behind him are two women. In the center of the background is a niche with a rectangular opening through which a landscape is visible. Hanging from the ceiling a lamp bearing the letters: SALVEZZA as a cresting; DEL MONDO O IN / FERNO is written at the wall of the niche. Framing line.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-8061
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27 × 19.8 cm (10 5/8 × 7 13/16 in.)