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Church Triumphant over Falsehood

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Drawing of falsehood depicted as a woman falling over while a bishop pulls off her mask. He is seated with a chalice in his other hand. Looking over his shoulder is the Virgin Mary (?) and a bird flies over at center.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Paolo de Mattheis, Italian, 1662 - 1728
Date
ca. 1700
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, black chalk on paper
Dimensions
27 x 19.2 cm (10 5/8 x 7 9/16 in.)
Type
figures
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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