Two Angels
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk, highlighted with white chalk over blue-gray paper faded to light brown
Dimensions
8-11/16 x 8 in. (22.1 x 20.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Accession Number
80.3.366
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *Two Angels*, a delicate 18th-century drawing Giovanni Larciani, also as the "Master of Kress Landscapes." This small-scale work (8-11/16 x in.) captures ethereal in a moment of grace exemplifying the artist's skill figure studies amid his renown for landscapes. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Department of Drawings and Prints, entered the collection as a generous gift from Cornelius Vanderbilt in 0. Crafted with pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk, and highlighted with white chalk on blue paper now faded to light brown, piece showcases virtuoso mixed-medi...
About the Artist
Giovanni Larciani ("Master of the Kress Landscapes") · 1700–1800
Giovanni di Lorenzo Larciani (1484–1527), a Florentine painter known initially as the "Master of the Kress Landscapes," emerged from obscurity in the mid-1990s through the scholarship of Louis Waldman, who linked him to documents including a 1521 contract for an altarpiece. Born and active in Florence until his death, Larciani specialized in religious scenes enriched by vivid, atmospheric landscap...