Putti Carrying the Cross (recto); Studies of a Hand (verso)
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
1672/75
Medium
Charcoal and black chalk, with stumping (recto); black chalk (verso) on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
27.5 × 20.2 cm (10 7/8 × 8 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
122042
About the Artist
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian sculptor, architect, painter, and designer who is considered to be the supreme artist of the Italian Baroque. His important patrons included the Barberini and Borghese families. Italian architect. Comment on works: sculptor