Saint Joseph Presented by the Virgin to the Holy Trinity
ca. 1735
Medium
Red chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white
Dimensions
10 5/16 x 15 13/16in. (26.2 x 40.2cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1965
Accession Number
65.131.7
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Art Historical Context
In the opulent world of 18th-century Italian art, Corrado Giaqu's *Saint Joseph Presented by the Virgin the Holy Trinity* (. 1735) captures the grace and drama of the Rococo style. Giaquinto, a Genoese painter renowned for his frescoes andarpieces in Rome and the Spanish court, created this preparatory drawing as a masterful study likely intended for a larger religious painting. Measuring just 10 5/16 x 15 13/16 inches, it exemplifies the intricate planning behind grand Baroque-Rococo commissions, blending spiritual devotion with theatrical flair. Rendered in red chalk for soft modeling, pen ...