A Stucco Angel from the Nave Vault, Church of the Gesu, Rome," from the album "Drawings after Ornament and Architecture"
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1759–70
name: label: Artist
content: Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773
label: After
content: Giovanni Battista Gaulli, called Baciccio, Italian, 1639 - 1709
label: After
content: Ercole Antonio Raggi, called il Lombardo, Italian, 1624 - 1686
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A winged male figure holds a scroll and looks away from it toward his left. Decorative motifs are visible on the right side. Copy after a stucco angel on the cieling of the Church of Il Gesu in Rome, a work carried out by Ercole Antonio Raggi (il Lombardo) after designs by Giovanni Battista Gaulli, called Baciccio, between 1676 and 1679.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Noah Butkin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1977-110-4-9
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Red chalk on paper, mounted to a larger sheet with multiple framing lines, then inset into a secondary sleeve mount