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Design for a Sculptural Ornament With an Eagle, Volutes and Leaves.

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Design for a Sculptural Ornament With an Eagle, Volutes and Leaves.

Giovanni Battista Foggini

1652–1725

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and yellow wash

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Dimensions

sheet: 5 5/16 x 4 7/16 in. (13.5 x 11.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

Classification

Drawings|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Giovanni Battista Foggini

1652–1725 • Grand Duchy of Tuscany

Foggini was the foremost sculptor of Baroque Florence. After Pietro Tacca's death, he was appointed grand ducal sculptor and later became the court architect. His only rival was Massimiliano Soldani. Comment on works: Sculptor

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