Cartoon Fragment for Adolescent Angel Leaning on a Tablet or Closed Book
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Marcantonio Franceschini
Artist bio: Italian, Bologna 1648–1729 Bologna
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1690–95
Medium: Brush with brown wash and gouache, over traces of granular charcoal underdrawing, on six glued sheets of paper; lined with canvas
Dimensions: 23 3/8 x 34 5/8in. (59.4 x 87.9cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession year: 1949
Tags: Books|Tablets|Angels