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Presentation of the Virgm in the Temple j after Titian [Le Bl. 3, N. 18] 



Dimensions: 



li X 15! inches (left sheet), 2.% x ijl inches (center sheet), xi x 17J inches 

 (right sheet). 



Blocks, 4: 



Light grayish umber, medium brown, dark gray, dark brown. 



Inscription, lower left (left sheet): 



"Opus hoc admiratione sane dignum, cunctorumq; approbations Iconunendatum, ac 

 Sacrarii Confratrum Caritatis VenetiarumjpotiJJimufn ornamentiim, a Titiano 

 Viccellio CadorensiJViro pingendi arte pra cateris celeberrimo, colorihus quamj fieri 

 potest ad naturale expressum, adumhratumq^; pro virihusjexscribere studens J: B: 

 Jack/on delineavit, excudit, et exjculpsit. 1741." 



Lower right, on streamer (right sheet): 

 "DuciT- Amor Patri^." 



Lower right, in block (right sheet): 



"Per Illuftri, ac Nobili Viro D:"" D:°''/Erasmo Philipps Barronetto/ 

 Artium Xfl^ntissinio Faiitori, et de re litterariajoptime merito, Tabulam hatic 

 tenue debita venerationislsua argumentum, emeritissimo Fatrono, et Mecanatij com- 

 mendat, et dicat/J: B: Jack/on.' ' 



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The Virgin in the Clouds and Six Saints, after Titian [Le Bl. 14, N. 17] 



Dimensions: 



13 J X 14! inches. 



Blocks, 2.: 

 Buff, black. 



Inscription, upper left and right: 



'Tir° atq; Excell:""' D:°° D:"" Philippo Farsetti Nob. Ntn.jTabellam 

 hanc a Titiano Viccellio jam depictam inlgratissimi animi, cultusq^; perpetui 

 testimonium, INieciznati, ac Sospiti munificentissimolhumiliat, et consecrat J. B. 

 Jackfon." 



Center of picture, on wall: 



"TiTIANUS FaCIEBAt" 



Bottom center: 



"/. B. Jackson Del: sculp:&c. 1742.." 



Niccolo Boldrini's woodcut after Titian's drawing of the lower half of this 

 subject (Le Bl. ii) evidently inspired Jackson to transcribe the entire paint- 

 ing as a pen-and-ink drawing in Titian's style, with a tint block added. 



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