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Pietà (recto); Sketches of Kneeling Figures, Putto (verso)

1760–1806
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pietà (recto); Sketches of Kneeling Figures, Putto (verso)
  • Artist: Domenico Mondo (Italian, Capodrise near Caserta 1723–1806 Naples)
  • Date: 1760–1806
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on light brown laid paper (recto); ruled framing outlines in pen and brown ink. Pen and brown ink, black chalk (verso)
  • Dimensions: 5 x 6 5/8in. (12.7 x 16.9cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
  • Object Number: 80.3.191
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Three Figures (recto); Sketches of Kneeling Figures and Putti (verso), Domenico Mondo  Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on light brown paper (recto). Ruled framing outlines in pen and brown ink on left, top, and right edges. Black chalk, pen and brown ink (verso)
Domenico Mondo
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Study of Eleven Heads, Jacques de Gheyn II  Netherlandish, Pen and three shades of brown ink with black chalk on laid paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink and graphite
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The Virgin Immaculate in Glory (recto); Sketch of a Part of a Leg and a Hand (verso), Domenico Mondo  Italian, Point of brush and dark brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk, on beige paper (recto); black chalk (verso)
Domenico Mondo
1723–1806
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ca. 1400–1450 and later

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