Guardian Angel

1640s

Simone Cantarini

Associated Names
Simone Cantarini

Artist, Pesarese, 1612 - 1648

The image shows two figures in an outdoor setting. One figure is an angel with large wings and flowing garments, walking to the left. The other figure is a child barefoot and holding the angel's hand. The background features a rocky landscape and a dynamic sky with swirling clouds. The drawing is monochrome with detailed line work.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Alessandra Manning Dolnier

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.4 × 12.3 cm (6 7/8 × 4 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.113.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 28

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert and Bertina Suida Manning, Forest Hills, NY; by descent Alessandra Manning and Kurt Dolnier, Watertown, CT, 1996; Gift to NGA, 2018

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: no. 28

1980

  • Bellini, Paolo. L'opera incisa di Simone Cantarini. Milan, 1980: no. 29.

1997

  • Massari, Anna Maria Ambrosini Massari et al., Simone Cantarini, detto il Pesarese, 1612 - 1648. Milan, 1997: no. 6

Inscriptions

by later hand, center verso in graphite: Sim da Pesaro; lower left verso in graphite: belle / Bartsch p. 67, 27

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