Design for a Ceiling: Allegories of the Four Continents
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini
Artist bio: Italian, Venice 1675–1741 Venice
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1725
Medium: Brush and gray wash, over graphite or lead; framing lines in pen and black ink. Four sections of paper, two center parts joined together
Dimensions: 57-5/16 x 20-9/16 in.  (145.6 x 52.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959
Accession year: 1959
Tags: Human Figures|Shields|Swords