Design with an Eagle Fighting with a Serpent and a Putto in the Sky Holding an Inscribed Banner.
17th century
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and black wash over traces of black chalk, highlighted with white and blue-gray gouache, on light brown paper
Dimensions
sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 5/16 in. (24.5 x 18.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of János Scholz, 1954
Accession Number
54.650
Tags
About the Artist
Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) · 1596–1669
Pietro da Cortona, born Pietro Berrettini on November 1, 1596, in the Tuscan hill town of Cortona, emerged as one of the towering figures of Italian Baroque art, excelling as a painter, architect, and decorator. He received his early training under the Florentine painters Andrea Commodi and Baccio Ciarpi. In 1612, Commodi brought the young artist to Rome, where Pietro immersed himself in the city'...