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Drawing

c.1660 (made)
Artist/Maker
Guercino (artist)
Place of origin
Bologna (made)

Red chalk study for an angel offering incense to the Host.

Object details

Categories
Religion
Drawings
Christianity
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
red chalk
Red Chalk
Drawing
Brief description
Guercino. Study for an angel from the altarpiece of St Thomas Aquinas in S. Domenico, Bologna. c.1660
Physical description
Red chalk study for an angel offering incense to the Host.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.25in
  • Width: 8.25in
Credit line
Given by W. H. Hammond, Esq.
Bibliographic references
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings, Volume Two: 17th-18th Century , London, 1979, p.57 , cat. n. 717, illus.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1915, London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1916.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4263-1915

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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