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Design for Allegory of Divine Wisdom, Reception Room, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
Andrea Sacchi1629–1631
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Design for a ceiling painting. In the center, one figure sits raised above a group of other figures, who all appear to be focused on the raised figure. At left, two female forms. Top left, putti suggested.
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- Title: Design for Allegory of Divine Wisdom, Reception Room, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
- Creator: Andrea Sacchi, Italian, 1599 – 1661
- Date Created: 1629–1631
- Location Created: Rome, Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Brush and brown wash, pen and brown ink, red, black, and white chalk on off-white laid paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
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