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Drawing, Design for Sculpture, Angel in Adoration

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Léonard Chailleat. It is dated mid- 17th–late 17th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and gray 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

H x W: 18.2 × 10.9 cm (7 3/16 × 4 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Marks: partial watermark: inverted V in circle (RB '45)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Sculpture, Angel in Adoration; Designed by Léonard Chailleat (Italian, active 1640 - 1650); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, black chalk on white laid paper laid down on white laid paper; H x W: 18.2 × 10.9 cm (7 3/16 × 4 5/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-469

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

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