Study for an Angel Holding the Cross
Artist/Maker
Giovanni Battista Gaulli (called Il Baciccio)
(Italian, 1639–1709)
Date1707
MediumPen and brown ink and brush and gray wash over black chalk on paper; squared for transfer
DimensionsSheet: 15 5/16 × 10 1/4 in. (38.9 × 26 cm)
Credit LineMrs. F. F. Prentiss Fund in memory of Delbert Spurlock
Object number1982.95
Status
Not on viewThis drawing was made in preparation for the ceiling fresco Christ in Glory Receiving Franciscan Saints in the church of Santi Apostoli in Rome.
Exhibition History
Seventeenth-Century Prints and Drawings from the Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 13, 1988 - November 27, 1988 )
On Line: European Drawings, 16th-19th Centuries
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 18, 2007 - January 27, 2008 )
Collections
- European
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early 17th century
ca. 1405