Design for a Cartouche flanked by winged Sirens with a Coat of Arms containing a Fleur-de-Lis

Carlo Bianconi

1732–1802

Design for a Cartouche flanked by winged Sirens with a Coat of Arms containing a Fleur-de-Lis by Carlo Bianconi

Medium

Pen and brown ink over traces of leadpoint

Dimensions

7 5/8 x 6 9/16 in. (19.4 x 16.6 cm)

Classification

Drawings|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952

Accession Number

52.570.126

Tags

Coat of Arms

About the Artist

Carlo Bianconi · 17321802

Italian scholar and archivist; first secretary of the Reale accademia di Brera. Comment on works: painter; sculptor

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