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Drawing

ca. 1510 - 1534 (made)
Artist/Maker
Correggio (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Recumbent figure of an angel, forming a portion of a design for the centre of a cornice or frieze; Red chalk, heightened with white.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Designs
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Red chalk, heightened with white.
Red Chalk
Drawing
Heightening
Brief description
Correggio; Recumbent figure of an angel, forming a portion of a design for the centre of a cornice or frieze; Red chalk, heightened with white; Parmesan School; ca. 1510-1534.
Physical description
Recumbent figure of an angel, forming a portion of a design for the centre of a cornice or frieze; Red chalk, heightened with white.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.8in
  • Width: 6.8in
Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style
Parmesan School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Collections - Prosper Henri Lanckrinck, Sir Peter Lely, Jonathan Richardson, and Arthur Pond.
Subject depicted
Angel
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Mary Vaccaro, "Correggio, Francesco Maria Rondani and the Nave Frieze in San Giovanni Evangelista", Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, LX. Band - 2018, Heft 3, pp. 381-402, fig. 43, p. 401.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.271

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Record createdSeptember 14, 2009
Record URL
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