Drawing, The Upper Part of a Painting at a Ceiling: The Glory of a Saint

This is a Drawing. It was created by Melchiorre de Gregorio. It is dated ca. 1800 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and ink on light blue paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Various Donors. It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 20.7 × 11.2 cm (8 1/8 × 4 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

The saint is kneeling on clouds, an angel beside him. Above the Virgin, Christ stands with the Cross, God the Father, and the Dove of the holy Spirit. On the reverse, the lowest part of the plan, left: Puanta originale disegnata e proposta da Francesca Manno/della Tribuna della Chiesa di S. Maria d’Itria detta di Constantin / …” (Not written by Melchiorre). The plan has a framing strip. Manno wrote inside the plan the necessary explanations and apparently gave in the left half a plan of the shape of the former left: Pianta ella Tribuna demo/lita.” The scale says: Scala di Palmi romani

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