The Consecration of the Site of a Church in Rome by a Pope ("The Miracle of Saint Mary of the Snows"?)
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giovanni Lanfranco
Artist bio: Italian, Parma 1582–1647 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pen and brown ink, over red chalk, some black chalk, and ruled construction; patches of paper with corrections pasted by the artist
Dimensions: sheet: 9 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (24.4 x 15.7 cm) maximum; silhouetted at the top
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Anonymous Gift, 2006
Accession year: 2006
Tags: Human Figures|Churches|Popes|Saints