Design for a Gold and Silver Bishop's Reliquary
Object type: Drawing Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giovanni Larciani ("Master of the Kress Landscapes")|Luigi Valadier
Artist bio: Italian, 1484–1527|Italian, Rome 1726–1785 Rome
Artist role: Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: late 18th century
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush with gray, yellow, red and blue wash, highlighted with white gouache over lead or graphite on cream laid paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 16-1/4 x 14-1/4 in.  (41.2 x 36.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession year: 1949
Tags: Men|Putti|Reliquaries