# The Immaculate Conception

**Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto)** (Spanish, 1591–1652)  
ca. 1640  
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, red chalk on white laid paper  
24.2 x 13.1 cm (9 1/2 x 5 3/16 in.)

Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1938-88-7056. [The museum's record](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/67995).

## About this work

Drawing of the Virgin Mary at center right looking up, surrounded by flying winged putti.

_Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum._

Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto) drew this in about 1640, aged 49. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

### How it was made

- **Chalk.** Natural black, red and white chalks. Used together on toned paper they could give the warmth of flesh with very little effort, and they were favourites for studies from life.
- **Pen and ink.** Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.
- **Laid paper.** Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.

### [Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/jusepe-de-ribera-called-lo-spagnoletto)

Spanish, 1591–1652; born in Játiva; died in Naples

## Facts

- Type: Drawing
- The artist was 49
- Real size: about 9½ × 5 in (24 × 13 cm). The 8 × 10 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 17th century
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

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