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

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)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1973

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Gian Lorenzo Bernini

1598–1680

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