Study for Angels Sealing the Foreheads of the Children of Israel in Saint Peter's Basilica
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)
Artist bio: Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1652
Medium: Black chalk, brush with brown and gray wash, highlighted with white gouache, on three sheets of brownish paper glued with overlapping joints
Dimensions: 16-3/4 x 44-9/16 in.  (42.7 x 113.2 cm) maximum, unevenly cut upper and lower borders
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1966
Accession year: 1966
Tags: Children|Men|Women|Boats|Angels