A Tabernacle Containing a Papal Escutcheon Supported by Angels
ca. 1538–40
Medium
Pen and brown ink, over traces of leadpoint or soft black chalk and stylus-ruling
Dimensions
17-7/8 x 13-9/16 in. (45.4 x 34.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, and Charlotte Gere Gift, in memory of John Gere; and Gift of Malcolm Wiener, 1998
Accession Number
1998.10
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About the Artist
Giulio Romano · 1499–1546
Giulio Romano (c. 1499–1546) was the most gifted pupil of Raphael and one of the founding figures of Mannerism, the style that succeeded the High Renaissance in Italy. Born Giulio Pippi in Rome, he entered Raphael's workshop as a boy and proved so talented that by the time of Raphael's death in 1520 he was effectively running the studio and overseeing the completion of major unfinished commissions...