c. 1650
34.5 x 26.5 cm (13 9/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
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
Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to card, framing lines in black ink
17th centuryFrenchWatercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper, extended on three sides on the upper left and right, framing lines in red chalk and brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, squared in black chalk
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on heavy cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown ink on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with touches of white chalk on blue antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown and gray ink, gray wash, and white gouache over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
17th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down
17th centuryFrenchRed chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
17th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on card, framing lines in black chalk
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, laid down
17th centuryFrench