Prayer for the Flowering of the Rods
Medium
Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash, heightened with lead white (oxidized), on blue laid paper, tipped on to cream laid paper
Dimensions
19.1 × 22.5 cm (7 9/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Classification
ink with wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
114476
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Giotto di Bondone
**Giotto di Bondone (c. 1267–1337)** was an Italian painter and architect from Florence whose groundbreaking work marked a pivotal shift in Western art during the Late Middle Ages. Born near Florence, he is widely regarded as the first major figure in the Proto-Renaissance, bridging Gothic traditions with emerging naturalism. Giotto studied under the prominent Florentine painter Cimabue, whose in...