Design for Cartouche with Banners, Drums, Leaves and a Woman's Head with Tiara.
Carlo Bianconi
1732–1802
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash highlighted with white gouache; traces of graphite at center
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 9/16 x 7 13/16 in. (26.9 x 19.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.63.289
Tags
CartouchesWomenDrumsLeavesFlags
About the Artist
Carlo Bianconi · 1732–1802
Italian scholar and archivist; first secretary of the Reale accademia di Brera. Comment on works: painter; sculptor