Study for ceiling decoration with Mars, Minerva, and a dancing satyr, for the Villa Puccini di Scornio, Pistoia, Italy
1724–25
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
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About the Artist
Giovanni Domenico Ferretti · 1692–1768
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...