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The Angel Carrying off Habakkuk by His Hair, Surrounded by an Elaborate Rococo Frame

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartnerc. 1750

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States

  • Title: The Angel Carrying off Habakkuk by His Hair, Surrounded by an Elaborate Rococo Frame
  • Creator: Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner
  • Date Created: c. 1750
  • Physical Dimensions: sheet: 50.9 x 70.6 cm (20 1/16 x 27 13/16 in.)
  • Provenance: (sale, Phillips, London, 7 July 1993, no. 111). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.
  • Medium: pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite, heightened with white gouache and incised throughout, on two joined sheets of blue laid paper, the verso reddened for transfer
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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