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Virgin in Niche, Ecclesiastical Figures

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Standing Virgin holding Child in arms on raised pedestal, all in semi-circular niche in background. Foreground: right side two ecclesiastical figures in copes and mitres, one holding a papal cross; left side two indistinct figures, one with halo.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863
Date
1820–1850
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Medium
Pen and ink, black chalk, brush and sepia wash on paper
Dimensions
7 × 9.5 cm (2 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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