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Virgin Interceding for Those in Purgatory
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Virgin Interceding for Those in Purgatory

Alonso Cano

1601–67

Medium

Pen and dark brown ink over black chalk underdrawing. Composition outlined in black chalk, and in dark brown ink (seeped onto sheet from the outlines on the secondary paper support. On off-white paper

Tags

AngelsVirgin Mary

Dimensions

5-3/4 x 4-3/8 in. (14.6 x 11.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Cephas G. Thompson, 1887

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Alonso Cano

1601–1667 • Spain

He was a popular and versatile artist, who was often copied and many sketches today are marked with the name 'Cano' added by later hands. Cano's artistic legacy is measured in part by the number of artists who trained in his workshop and went on to become important masters in their own right. Comment on works: Religious; Portraits

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