Art, literature & history
Study for the Purification of the Virgin
c. 1577
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Red and black chalk with stumping, and incising, over pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, squared in black chalk
- Dimensions
- 40.9 × 27.2 cm (16 1/8 × 10 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1993.193
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Giovanni Battista Naldini. Study for the Purification of the Virgin. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Study for the Purification of the Virgin — Giovanni Battista Naldini. c. 1577.
Medium: Red and black chalk with stumping, and incising, over pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, squared in black chalk. Dimensions: 40.9 × 27.2 cm (16 1/8 × 10 3/4 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.