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Tiepolo made this sketch in preparation for one of the seven altarpieces he painted for the Church of San Pascual in Aranjuez (Spain). This was his last major commission. The church was built by Charles III for the Alcantarine friars, also known as Discalced (barefoot) Franciscans and the subjects chosen reflect the order's austere Christianity. Tiepolo’s paintings however hung in the church for only a few years. The king found them old-fashioned and had them removed. The image of Mary as both a virgin and bearing a child derives from the Book of Revelation, which describes ‘a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars’.

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

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Title

Immaculate Conception

Date

1767

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 63.7 x W 38.9 cm

Accession number

P.1978.PG.451

Acquisition method

Princes Gate bequest, 1978

Work type

Painting

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Somerset House, Strand, London, Greater London WC2R 0RN England

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Artist or maker

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

1696–1770

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