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Allegorical Design for a Ceiling Fresco

After Francesco Albani Italian
1650–1700
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Allegorical Design for a Ceiling Fresco
  • Artist: After Francesco Albani (Italian, Bologna 1578–1660 Bologna)
  • Artist: Possibly by Giovanni Paolo (Johan Paul) Schor (Austrian, Innsbruck 1615–1674 Rome)
  • Date: 1650–1700
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, watercolor, over black chalk or leadpoint
  • Dimensions: 10 7/16 x 28 9/16 in. (26.5 x 72.5 cm), on two glued sheets of paper.
  • Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.570.100
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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