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Studies for a Ceiling (recto and verso)
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Studies for a Ceiling (recto and verso)

Medium

Pen and dark brown ink over traces of leadpoint (recto); pen and dark brown ink over leadpoint (verso)

Dimensions

11 5/16 x 17 3/8 in. (28.8 x 44.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Edward Pearce Casey and Harry G. Sperling Funds, 1995

Classification

Drawings|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)

1596–1669

Son of Giovanni Berretoni, decorative carver. Born 1 November 1596, died 16 May 1669.