Design for a Decorated Ceiling with Putti and Garlands and a Forshortening of a Balustrade Around an Oculus.
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Michelangelo Colonna
Artist bio: Italian, Ravenna/Como 1604–1687 Bologna
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 17th century
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush with pink, yellow, blue and gray wash, over traces of graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (14 x 19.1 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1950
Accession year: 1950
Tags: Garlands|Ornament|Putti|Ceilings