Two Drawings of Ships (verso)
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.