Modello Drawing with an Early Idea for the Enthroned Pope Urban I in a Niche with Virtues, Angels, and Other Figures, Sala di Costantino
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Artwork Details
- Title: Modello Drawing with an Early Idea for the Enthroned Pope Urban I in a Niche with Virtues, Angels, and Other Figures, Sala di Costantino
- Artist: Giovanni Francesco Penni (Italian, Florence ca. 1496–after 1528 Naples)
- Date: ca. 1519-20
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over leadpoint underdrawing, with leadpoint and pen-and-ink ruling, compass work (arcs, points), and a lightly stylus-incised vertical axis line (running through the figure of the pope); extensively highlighted with white gouache; on paper washed pale brown
- Dimensions: 14 15/16 × 11 11/16 in. (37.9 × 29.7 cm)
Framed: 23 7/16 in. × 18 9/16 in. × 7/8 in. (59.5 × 47.2 × 2.3 cm) - Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris (4304)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints