Two Drawings of Ships (verso)

Two Drawings of Ships (verso) by Parri Spinelli (Italian, 1387–c. 1453)

Medium

pen and brown ink (iron gall)

Dimensions

{"sheet":{"height":0.272,"width":0.372},"secondary support":{"height":0.328,"width":0.428}}

Classification

Drawing

Department

Drawings

Museum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Accession Number

1961.38.b

Tags

male

About this artwork

Once attributed to the Italian painter Giotto (about 1267-1337), this drawing is the oldest sheet in the Cleveland museum's collection. We now know it to be a copy by Parri Spinelli after a mosaic Giotto designed for the portico of the church of Old St. Peter's in Rome.

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