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Putti Carrying the Cross (recto); Studies of a Hand (verso)

Putti Carrying the Cross (recto); Studies of a Hand (verso) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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

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