An Angel

c. 1620

Daniele Crespi

Associated Names
Daniele Crespi

Artist, Italian, 1597/1600 - 1630

The image shows the upper body of a figure in profile, leaning slightly forward with an arm raised. The face is turned to the side, featuring delicate features. The figure has curly hair flowing around the head and is draped in a loose robe with detailed folds, all depicted in an earthy, monochromatic palette. Large wings are shown around the figure, adding to the sense of flow and motion. The background is simple, matching the tones of the figure and wings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush and brown ink, heightened with white, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Julius S. Held Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 41.2 x 25.8 cm (16 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.1.9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Cavriani collection, Bologna, 18th century; by inheritance to an Austrian collection; (Giorgio and Armando Neerman, London and Bologna); (Herbert E. Feist Gallery, New York, 1970); Julius S. Held [1905-2002], Old Bennington, VT, by 1979; gift to NGA in 1985.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1968

  • Disegni bolognesi dal XVI al XVIII secolo, Giorgio and Armando Neerman, Bologna and London, 1968, no. 45 (as Lorenzo Pasinelli).

1970

  • Herbert E. Feist Gallery, New York, 1970, no. 15.

1979

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of Ingrid and Julius S. Held, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; traveling exhibition, 1979, no. 20, as attributed to Lorenzo Pasinelli.

1990

  • Julius S. Held, Drawings from His Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, 1990, no. 30 (checklist).

Bibliography

2024

  • Bober, Jonathan. "Seventeenth-century Milanese drawings in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and some associated collections."Arte Lombarda 200-201, no. 1-2 (2024): 83, fig. 18, pl. 9.

Inscriptions

lower right in pen and brown ink: 140; center verso in red chalk:maret; upper right verso in graphite: 24; lower left verso in graphite: 1861

Wikidata ID

Q64578999

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