Czére Andrea szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei (Budapest, 2007)

SZILVIA BODNÁR: On the Draughtsmanship of Caspar Freisinger

and a circular church. The fragmentary state of the figures to the left and right suggests that the sheet was cut at both sides; several millimetres may also be missing from its bottom. On this carefully finished drawing, Freisinger suggests plastic forms by using sensitive grades of grey wash and by white heightening. Chiaroscuro is further intensified by the pale tone of the background and the hatching of the dark surfaces. Thöne's article of 1940 referred to the one-time existence of this composition. The author enumerated three untraced drawings by the artist (nos. 65-67), among which no. 65 was described by him, according to an 1835 auction catalogue, in the following way: "Segnender Priester steht vor Kirchenportal, hinter ihm zwei weitere Priester, vor ihm eine Heilige und mehrere Frauen und Männer. Im Hintergrund eine Stadt - 10" : 7 +". - Bez. (an Säule): CF Ingolstadii Biorn 1593 M. Dez. die 10. - Kat. Slg. Dekan Veith-Schaffhausen, Verst. dort 31. 8. 1835. S. 48. Nr. 56 ohne Namen."

r The description, with the exception of minor details in the signature, exactly corresponds with the Grenoble drawing, although it does not define the subject matter of the work (the differences: the Grenoble COPY AFTER CASPAR FREISINGER, PRESENTATION OF THE VIRGIN. STUTTGART, STAATSGALERIE