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Coronation of Otto the Great in the Church of Saint'Ambrogio, Milan

A work made of pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with graphite, on cream laid paper, incised for transfer with graphite, laid down on cream paper, laid down on cream board edged with gold.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with graphite, on cream laid paper, incised for transfer with graphite, laid down on cream paper, laid down on cream board edged with gold.

Date:

1650

Artist:

Johann Christophorous Storer
German, 1620-1671

About this artwork

Johann Christophorus Storer was a leading artist in Lombardy in the mid-17th century when he executed this drawing of the coronation of Otto the Great, the first Holy Roman Emperor (r. 962–73), who brought Italy and Burgundy under German control.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Johann Christoph Storer

Title

Coronation of Otto the Great in the Church of Saint'Ambrogio, Milan

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1650

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with graphite, on cream laid paper, incised for transfer with graphite, laid down on cream paper, laid down on cream board edged with gold

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, l.r., in pen: Gio Christ/Storer, F/Alemane/1650

Dimensions

Primary support: 23 × 31.1 cm (9 1/16 × 12 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 24.1 × 32.3 cm (9 1/2 × 12 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Reference Number

2013.1030

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