Architectural Fantasy: Temple-like Building with Colonnades, a Monumental Staircase, and a Burnt Offering (Sacrifice) in the Foreground
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite?, on light tan laid paper
Dimensions
8-3/4 x 11-1/4 in. (22.2 x 28.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dr. Bruce B. Grynbaum, in memory of his parents, Gertrude and Maurycy Grynbaum, 1991
Accession Number
1991.1335.20
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About the Artist
Giovanni Larciani ("Master of the Kress Landscapes") · 1700–1800
Giovanni di Lorenzo Larciani (1484–1527), a Florentine painter known initially as the "Master of the Kress Landscapes," emerged from obscurity in the mid-1990s through the scholarship of Louis Waldman, who linked him to documents including a 1521 contract for an altarpiece. Born and active in Florence until his death, Larciani specialized in religious scenes enriched by vivid, atmospheric landscap...