Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Allegories of the Four Continents

Felix Anton Scheffler German

1715–60

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Artwork Details

Title: Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Allegories of the Four Continents
Artist: Felix Anton Scheffler (German, Munich 1701–1760 Prague)
Date: 1715–60
Medium: Pen and black ink, gray wash, heightened with white, over black chalk, on blue paper
Dimensions: 13 5/16 x 12 13/16 in. (33.8 x 32.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of James Hyden, 1959
Object Number: 59.208.95
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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