DrawingsFrench17th century

Expulsion of Joachim and Anna from the Temple

c. 1650

Artists

Jacques StellaArtist

Nicolas PoussinPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, gray wash, and traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink and gray wash, partially incised

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

34.5 x 26.5 cm (13 9/16 x 10 7/16 in.)

Provenance

The artist's estate; his niece, Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella, Paris; Michel de Masso, Paris, by descent; Gaetano Minossi, Rome (by c. 1756); Thomas Talbot, Margam Castle, Port Talbot, Wales (as Nicolas Poussin; by c. 1776); Lady Beythswood, Penrice Castle, Glamorgan, Gower Peninsula, Wales, by descent; Christopher Methuen-Campbell, Penrice Castle, Glamorgan, Gower Peninsula, Wales, by descent; sale, Christie’s, London, 9 December 1986, lot 123 (as "Presentation in the Temple"); sale, Christie’s, New York, 13 January 1987, lot 105 (as "Sacrifice of Anna"); Yvonne Tan Bunzl, London; Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston (inv. no. D-F-268); Harvard Art Museums/ Fogg Museum, Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz in honor of James Cuno, 2006.318

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