Design for a Cup or Reliquary Composed of a Shell and S-Volute.
Object type: Drawing Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giovanni Battista Foggini
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1652–1725 Florence
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1652–1725
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 11 1/8 x 5 13/16 in. (28.3 x 14.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
Accession year: 1952
Tags: Shells|Reliquaries