Allegory of Heaven and Hell
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Claudio Coello
Artist bio: Spanish, Madrid 1642–1693 Madrid
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Spanish
Date: 1642–93
Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash over black chalk underdrawing on beige paper.  Composition outlined with brush and gray wash over pen and brown ink, in oval shape, with double outlines.  Text written in pen and dark brown ink over black chalk below composition
Dimensions: 21-1/4 x 14-15/16 in.  (54.0 x 37.9 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Accession year: 1975
Tags: Swords|Dogs|Cross