Two Variant Designs for the Interior of a Room, Decorated with Porcelains, Fireplace in Center, and With the Doorways at Either Side
Medium
Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash (and red wash in right half of drawing), over lead or graphite on beige laid paper. Scales in pen and gray ink at bottom
Dimensions
11-11/16 x 17-5/8 in. (29.7 x 44.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1970
Accession Number
1970.533
Tags
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...