Sketches for paintings. Obverse: A Roman officer holds a crucifix upon a heathen altar. Reverse: Christ rising
Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Obverse: A bearded Roman soldier points at the crucifix he holds with his left hand on an altar. People in adoration are shown at left. A man smashes an idol at right. Framing lines. Reverse: A slight horizontal sketch and the left edge is framed by a segment between straight lines
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Artist
- Pasqualino Marini
- Date
- ca. 1700
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors
- Medium
- Black crayon; Obverse: with pen ink, black watercolor wash on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 30 × 22.8 cm (11 13/16 in. × 9 in.)
- Type
- figures
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
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