The Purification of the Virgin

First third of the XVII century. Grey-brown wash, Squared-up, Pencil ground on yellow paper.
Not on display

This drawing depicts, on the right, the Virgin kneeling, and behind her, Saint Joseph standing and wearing a large cloak. On the left, the priest Simeon is standing with the child in his arms, and an acolyte with a candle appears kneeling behind him. Other figures can be perceived in the background. The composition of this drawing as a whole is semi-circular.

This work is very characteristic of his style: his broad and personal manner of interpreting the garments and the subtle implication of chiaroscuro. This painting is very closely related to a canvas with almost the exact repetition of this scheme that is held in the Prado’s storerooms, that came from the Museo de la Trinidad and that is considered anonymous (but must at least be attributed to a direct pupil or collaborator because it is not of sufficient quality to be considered made by his hand).

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos T. I. Dibujos españoles, siglos XV-XVII / por A. E. Pérez Sánchez, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 1972, p.38

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Inventory number: D000030
Author: Eugenio Cajés
Title: The Purification of the Virgin
Date: First third of the XVII century
Technique: Grey-brown wash; Squared-up; Pencil ground
Support: Yellow paper
Dimension: Height: 153 mm; Width: 255 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931
Entry date: 1931

Bibliography +

Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier, Dibujos españoles, II, Hauser y Menet, Madrid, 1930, pp. 179.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos T. I. Dibujos españoles, siglos XV-XVII / por A. E. Pérez Sánchez, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 1972, pp. 38.

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., El dibujo español de los siglos de oro, Dirección General del Patrimonio, Madrid, 1980, pp. nº13.