A Votive Image of a Boy Presented by his Parents to St. Nicholas of Bari
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Artist
content: Francesco Saverio Mergolo, Italian, 1746–1786
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The Saint is sitting on clouds, with book and three balls, blessing. Surrounded by angels, two of them with mitre and crozier. Below, at left: The father standing, mother and son kneeling. At right a tub surrounded by three children.
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: 1938-88-4374
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and brown and gray wash, pen and brown ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.7 x 18.3 cm (10 7/8 x 7 3/16 in.)