Loading
Angels Carrying the Holy Cross and Shroud.
Mattia Preti1661-1666
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Center: Sketches of two winged angels flying and each carrying a large shroud in their hands. Bottom right: Sketches of two winged angels flying and carrying large crosses across their chest. At top left outline sketches of figures.
Show lessRead more
Details
- Title: Angels Carrying the Holy Cross and Shroud.
- Creator: Mattia Preti
- Creator Lifespan: 1613/1699
- Date Created: 1661-1666
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- Medium: Red chalk on paper
- Provenance: Giovanni Piancastelli; Mrs. Edward D. Brandegee
- Markings: watermark: fleur-de-lis on three mounts within a circle, surmounted by the letter M (Heawood 1620)
- Inscribed: at lower left in ink: "Calabrese" and at lower center margin: "Calabrese"
- Exhibitions: New York, NY Finch College Musuem of Art "The two sicilies, Drawings from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum" Feb.4- Mar.20, 1970, cat. no.13, repro. Valetta, The Palace, The Museum of St. John's Co-Cathedral,Mattia Prenti, XIII Council of Europe Exhibition, " The Order of St. John in Malta, Apr.2-Jul 1,1970 .
- Dimensions: 36.3 x 22.8 cm (14 5/16 in. x 9 in.)
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more
You are all set!
Your first Culture Weekly will arrive this week.