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Design for a Wall Decoration with the Coat of Arms of the Borghese Family.

Giovanni Guerra

1590–1618

Medium

Pen and dark brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint or black chalk

Tags

LionsCoat of Arms

Dimensions

Sheet: 10 15/16 x 8 3/8 in. (27.8 x 21.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Giovanni Guerra

1540–1618

Brother of Gaspare (1560-1622) and Giovanni Battista (dates unknown), architects and painters. From 1575, member of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. Giovanni worked with Domenico Fontana during the pontificate of Sixtus V and participated in the competition for the moving of the Vatican obelisk. Italian artist.

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