Design for a Wall Decoration with the Sacrifice of Abraham and the Flight into Egypt

Design for a Wall Decoration with the Sacrifice of Abraham and the Flight into Egypt by Giovanni Lanfranco

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk, highlighted with white gouache, on blue paper; architectural moldings above and below indicated in ruled black chalk lines

Dimensions

sheet: 6 1/4 x 16 in. (15.9 x 40.6 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Walter C. Baker Gift, 1968

Accession Number

68.51

Tags

InfantsMenAbrahamHorses

About the Artist

Giovanni Lanfranco · 15821647

Most famous for his dome frescoes, including the 'Assumption of the Virgin' in the dome of S Andrea della Valle in Rome. Italian artist. Comment on works: History

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