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The Holy Trinity with Saint Michael Conquering the Dragon

A work made of pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with lead white (discolored) and black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan laid card.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with lead white (discolored) and black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan laid card.

Date:

1666

Artist:

Pietro da Cortona
Italian, 1596-1669

About this artwork

Pietro da Cortona was active in Rome as an architect, painter, and decorator. This majestic sheet reflects his virtuosity in all these fields, approximating High Baroque ceiling frescoes in its play of light and active, sculptural forms. It probably served as a model for a painting once in the Vatican but now lost.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Pietro da Cortona

Title

The Holy Trinity with Saint Michael Conquering the Dragon

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1656–1669

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with lead white (discolored) and black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan laid card

Dimensions

45.8 × 35.7 cm (18 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Margaret Day Blake Collection

Reference Number

1965.860

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