Santo Varni

Italian, 1807 - 1824

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Alessandro Magnasco, The Baptism of Christ, 1720s, brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on buff laid paper, New Century Fund, 2018.165.3

The Baptism of Christ

Alessandro Magnasco · 1720s · brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on buff laid paper ·  Accession ID  2018.165.3

Gioacchino Assereto, A Saint Holding a Book, c. 1640, red chalk and brown wash, heightened with white and incised for transfer on wove paper; verso rubbed with red chalk covering a red chalk study of a reclining man seen from behind, Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.150.68

A Saint Holding a Book

Gioacchino Assereto · c. 1640 · red chalk and brown wash, heightened with white and incised for transfer on wove paper; verso rubbed with red chalk covering a red chalk study of a reclining man seen from behind ·  Accession ID  1991.150.68

Paolo Gerolamo Piola, The Presentation in the Temple, c. 1720/1724, pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white gouache on blue-green laid paper, Joseph F. McCrindle Endowment Fund, 2020.135.1

The Presentation in the Temple

Paolo Gerolamo Piola · c. 1720/1724 · pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white gouache on blue-green laid paper ·  Accession ID  2020.135.1

Alessandro Algardi, Christ on the Cross, 1647, pen and brown ink over red chalk on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1992.42.1

Christ on the Cross

Alessandro Algardi · 1647 · pen and brown ink over red chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1992.42.1

Giovanni Battista Merano, The Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1680/1690, pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper, Joseph F. McCrindle Endowment Fund, 2021.17.2

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Giovanni Battista Merano · c. 1680/1690 · pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2021.17.2