Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Dimensions:
Image: 25.9 x 15.2 cm (10 3/16 x 6 in.)
Type:
metalwork
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
Rome, Italy
Date:
ca. 1780–1785
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Below is a high pedestal, the front of which holds the oval representation of a woman. Above it, upon a base, sits a child supporting a bracket diverging into three branches, each with the lower part of a candle. Written at right, by the artist: "Putto di Argento / Cornucopia di Metal- / lo / Piedistallo di porfido / Rosso opure diaspro / duro, base e cimase / di metallo dorato con comeo in mezzo / di Alabastro". Usual background.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
