An Angel Hammering a Chisel into a Burning Beast
date: label: Date
content: early 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. An angel or putti shown from the front, sitting upon a beast, raising a hammer with his left hand and holding a chisel in his right hand. Verso: Saint John the Baptist shown in profile, turned toward left, kneeling. He offers something he holds in his right hand. The left forearm is around the neck of the lamb crouching beside him. Scratchings.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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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: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-481
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor and laid paper; verso: pen and ink
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 13.6 × 10 cm (5 3/8 × 3 15/16 in.)