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Drawing, Design for Sculpture: Angel Blowing Trumpet

This is a Drawing. It was created by Léonard Chailleat. It is dated mid- 17th–late 17th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brown wash, black chalk on white laid paper, laid down on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

17.9 x 10.8 cm (7 1/16 x 4 1/4 in.) mount: l9.0 x 11.5 Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Sculpture: Angel Blowing Trumpet; Léonard Chailleat (Italian, active 1640 - 1650); France; pen and brown ink, brown wash, black chalk on white laid paper, laid down on white laid paper; 17.9 x 10.8 cm (7 1/16 x 4 1/4 in.) mount: l9.0 x 11.5 Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-2211

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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