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

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)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Walter C. Baker Gift, 1968

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Giovanni Lanfranco

1582–1647

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