Study for a Triton (recto); Anatomical Studies ? (verso)

Study for a Triton (recto); Anatomical Studies ? (verso) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Medium

Red chalk, the background tinted with an almost imperceptible pale brown wash, framing lines in pen and brown ink (recto); black chalk (verso)

Dimensions

14 5/16 x 9 5/8 in. (36.4 x 24.5 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1973

Accession Number

1973.265

Tags

TritonDrinking

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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