Ceiling with Allegorical Figures and the Arms of Pope Sixtus V (Guerra's outer drawing); Saint Joseph and the Christ Child (Viani's central drawing)
outer drawing c. 1587; central drawing after 1690; attachments c. 1700-1725
Artist, Roman, 1544 - 1618
Artist, Italian, 1668 - 1711
Giovanni Guerra and Domenico Maria Viani
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on heavy laid paper (outer drawing); graphite on heavy laid paper (central drawing); gold leaf borders and paper cut-outs adhered to oculi (Talman additions)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
center section (octagon): 23.3 x 16.2 cm (9 3/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Overall (ceiling design): 51.1 x 41.8 cm (20 1/8 x 16 7/16 in.)
mount: 53.3 x 44 cm (21 x 17 5/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1994.49.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
John Talman (1677-1726), Hinxworth (Hertfordshire), England; William Fagg; (Annamaria Edelstein, London); purchased 1994 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1995
Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995 (no catalogue).
2023
Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.
Inscriptions
by later hand, upper left vertical margin in brown ink: Georgio Vasari fecit.; by later hand, center verso in red chalk: Domenico Viani / Bolognese; by later hand, center verso in dark brown ink: Orig di / Domenico Viani / Bolognese; by later hand, center verso in light brown ink: No. 1575.; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: This Ornament is by Georgio Vasari; by later hand, upper right verso in brown ink: inv (?) 4.8.; by later hand, upper left verso in brown ink: 9
Wikidata ID
Q64572436