Design for Mantelpiece and Elaborate Overmantel
early 18th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, pink, and green wash, over graphite
Dimensions
11 x 6 5/8 in. (28 x 16.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Wrightsman, 1970
Accession Number
1970.736.56
About the Artist
Giovanni Larciani ("Master of the Kress Landscapes")|Nicolas Pineau · 1700–1800
Giovanni di Lorenzo Larciani (1484–1527), a Florentine painter known initially as the "Master of the Kress Landscapes," emerged from obscurity in the mid-1990s through the scholarship of Louis Waldman, who linked him to documents including a 1521 contract for an altarpiece. Born and active in Florence until his death, Larciani specialized in religious scenes enriched by vivid, atmospheric landscap...