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The Triumph of Nature Over Art (design for an engraving of 'De Florum Cultura')
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The Triumph of Nature Over Art (design for an engraving of 'De Florum Cultura')

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk

Dimensions

7 13/16 x 5 11/16in. (19.9 x 14.5cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1960

Classification

Drawings

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.