Study for ceiling decoration with Mars, Minerva, and a dancing satyr, for the Villa Puccini di Scornio, Pistoia, Italy

Study for ceiling decoration with Mars, Minerva, and a dancing satyr, for the Villa Puccini di Scornio, Pistoia, Italy by Giovanni Domenico Ferretti

Medium

Black chalk, brush and gray wash, heightened with white, on pale rose washed paper; framing lines in pen and black ink

Dimensions

9 13/16 x 14 1/8in. (25 x 35.9cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1989

Accession Number

1989.153

Tags

DancingMarsMinervaSatyrs

About the Artist

Giovanni Domenico Ferretti · 16921768

Giovanni Domenico Ferretti, born on June 15, 1692, in Florence to goldsmith Antonio di Giovanni da Imola and Margherita di Domenico Gori, spent his early years in Imola before returning to his native city for artistic training. He studied painting under Tommaso Redi from 1702 to 1704 and Sebastiano Galeotti in Florence, honing skills in figure composition and fresco technique. In 1710–1712, Ferret...

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