Design for a Cartouche with a Coat of Arms containing a Griffin
Carlo Bianconi
1732–1802
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of leadpoint
Dimensions
8 13/16 x 7 1/8 in. (22.4 x 18.1 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
52.570.128
Tags
CartouchesGriffinsCoat of Arms
About the Artist
Carlo Bianconi · 1732–1802
Italian scholar and archivist; first secretary of the Reale accademia di Brera. Comment on works: painter; sculptor